Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers

The Octopus Interface Conference (20-21 November 2006, Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France ) provided a platform for more than 120 public and private sector experts from 45 countries, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, research institutions and the media to identify the risks that corruption poses to the future of democracy in Europe, to share good practices aimed at preventing corruption from undermining democracy, and to determine further efforts that should be undertaken to meet the challenges ahead.
The following issues were on the agenda :
- Political finance
- Lobbying
- Conflicts of interest
- Corruption, justice and democracy
As far as financial centers are concerned, there were one attendee from the UK (university) and one from Switzerland (university). But there were nobody from the other centers.

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