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John Morrell, Regional Director for Asia Pacific at CIPE, in conversation with Sarah Salmon, CIPE's Country Representative in Sri Lanka. They discuss the recent political changes in Sri Lanka, including the September 21st election and the upcoming parliamentary elections in November. Sarah shares insights from her dual perspective as a business owner and political analyst, highlighting the economic challenges and opportunities facing Sri Lanka. The conversation covers the peaceful transition of power, the new government's anti-corruption stance, and its efforts to engage with international partners like the IMF. This episode provides a comprehensive overview of the current political and economic landscape in Sri Lanka, emphasizing the potential for positive change and growth. Sarrah Sammoon, Country Representative for the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Sri Lanka, brings over three decades of experience in global mobility, entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural project facilitation. As founder of Magellan Champlain and an advocate for women's empowerment and democracy through profit, Sarrah offers unique insights into Sri Lanka's political and economic landscape from a civil society perspective.

CIPE's Asia Director speaks with two young professionals in Bangladesh to learn their perspectives and first-hand accounts of the political crisis currently unfolding in the country. Civic unrest sparked by university student protests in June led to the fall of a government barely a month later, and the man who is perhaps Bangladesh's most famous citizen is now the head of an interim government. What is life like in Bangladesh today? How are people running their businesses? Is there reason for optimism? This episode of Democracy that Delivers discusses these questions and more. Speaker Bios Shurat Rana Rushmi is currently working as a Research Associate at the Center of Governance Studies (CGS). She completed her BSS in Economics from Bangladesh University of Professionals and her master's degree in the same field. She loves to take on challenges and find ways to run things efficiently. She has multiple years of experience working as a program coordinator for CGS in numerous regions of Bangladesh. Apon Zahir is a Senior Research Associate at the C Center of Governance Studies (CGS). He has multiple years of experience in journalism in Bangladesh, having contributed to several English daily newspapers and having in-depth knowledge of the print and media industry. His research interests include politics, media, human rights, and the effects of corruption in Bangladesh. John Morrell is the Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). In this role, he leads a worldwide team of accomplished professionals and is responsible for a regional portfolio of dozens of programs on anti-corruption, democratizing opportunity, public and private sector governance reform, and creating political space in closed countries. John is a noted and widely published expert on issues related to corruption and governance. In countries across Asia-Pacific, John has personally designed numerous initiatives that build the political, civic and market institutions necessary for governance that is both participatory and accountable, and for economic development that is both inclusive and sustainable

Fostering Growth & Collaboration in Central Asia with B5+1 The B5+1 is a business dialogue platform for the five central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, along with the United States. The Center for International Private Enterprise had a leading role in bringing these voices of the private sector together, including convening a two-day conference in Kazakhstan in March 2024. CIPE's Executive Director, Andrew Wilson, is joined by Eric Hontz, Director of CIPE's Center for Accountable Investment (CAI) and Sobir Kurbanov, Senior Program Manager for CIPE's Europe and Eurasia team to discuss the background of the B5+1, how this conference will address of the issues of different investment models in Central Asia, and what outcomes the conference hopes to achieve long term. Eric Hontz - Center for International Private Enterprise Eric Hontz leads CIPE's Center for Accountable Investment which uses the lens of Corrosive and Constructive Capital to examine the impact of investment on democratic and market institutions.  The CAI's work sits at the confluence of corporate governance, the rule of law, and the business and investment climate, with... www.cipe.org   Andrew Wilson - Center for International Private Enterprise Andrew Wilson is the Executive Director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Washington, D.C. Wilson has extensive experience working with the private sector on development issues in conflict and post-conflict settings, crafting successful business strategies to reduce corruption, encouraging en... www.cipe.org  

Recebemos a Professora e Pesquisadora Camila Feix Vidal (UFSC) que fala sobre ideias hegemônicas e suas consequências práticas. Camila discute, entre outras coisas, como a disseminação de ideias, que não são naturais ou inocentes, é financiada com recursos públicos pelos Estados Unidos e difundida por meio de instituições tais como o National Endowment for Democracy (NED), o Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) e a USAID. Aperte o play. The post O Poder das Ideias e a Manutenção Hegemônica appeared first on Chutando a Escada.

The Women and Girls Empowered Consortium (WAGE), in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) published CIPE's newest Democracy that Delivers podcast, “Reducing Barriers to Women's Economic Empowerment in Moldova.” Elena Ratoi, CIPE Program Officer, and Carolina Bugaian, Board Member of the Association of Female Entrepreneurs of Moldova (AFAM) discussed the development of the Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment in the Republic of Moldova, whose mission is to reduce barriers to women's economic empowerment. Bugaian and Ratoi discussed key successes the Alliance has accomplished in the past year and the importance of women's business advocacy initiatives. They also discussed one of the prevailing barriers to women's economic empowerment, gender-based violence, and how the Alliance works to combat gender-based violence and its damaging effects in Moldova.

The study of kleptocracy as a global phenomenon typically focuses on individuals who steal money from the state for personal gain. In this week's #Forum2000online Chat, John Zemko and Andréa Ngombet joined Jessica Ludwig, Director of Freedom and Democracy at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, USA, to look at a broader issue of kleptocratic behavior channeled through public institutions and foreign governments as well as through individual kleptocrats. They explain what kleptocracy is, what corrosive capital is, and what the main strategies used by kleptocrats are as well as their impact and consequences. John Zemko is the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Washington, D.C. Andréa Ngombet is the founder of the Sassoufit Collective, a Paris-based organization advocating for democracy, human rights, and anti-corruption in the Republic of the Congo and elsewhere in Africa. This interview was recorded on January 23, 2023, and it is tied to the paper Kleptocracy and its Global Impact on Markets and Democracy. It is the result of a cooperation between Forum 2000, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights who met during the 26th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague. Read the full document here: https://www.forum2000.cz/en/news/kleptocracy-its-global-impact-on-markets-and-democracy  For more information about our activities follow our web and social media: ▲ Web: https://www.forum2000.cz ▲ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forum.2000 ▲ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forum_2000

Monika Kočiová leads the Center for International Private Enterprise's (CIPE's) portfolio of programs across Central and Eastern Europe as a Program Officer, based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her work focuses mostly on strengthening the capacity of the private sector to advocate for constructive policy reform, advancing the role of women leaders, and strengthening overall the business and governance environment. Monika previously served as the Director of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Košice. Her focus in recent years has been on the development of trade relations, especially in the Central and East European Region (CEE), but also worldwide; cross-sectoral cooperation; and support of the innovation ecosystem within the region. In this podcast, we explore the issues around economic empowerment for women and some of the barriers to full engagement which still exist, not only in Europe, but across the world. We discuss the importance of girls and young women having positive roles models they can emulate to pursue the career of their dreams. We also talk about the online abuse which many women face, even in social media forums such as LinkedIn, which is supposedly a professional networking platform, but where misogyny, or hatred and gender-based online violence, is still to be found. Monika briefly references the three main programs which the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is currently working on to advance women's empowerment in business and enterprise. These are: (1) Women and Leadership - e.g. where the Center actively equip women with soft skills for their personal and professional development; and Women on Boards - again to promote women in influential leadership positions by being represented on Trustee or Directorship Boards and; (2) Women in Technology - engaging women in the digital transformation agenda (3) Gender-based Violence in the Workplace - countering hate speech and abuse, both online and face to face. Monika holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. Beside Taipei, she also pursued her studies in Mexico, Czechia (the Czech Republic), and Portugal. Outside work she dedicates her time to Rotary International where she has been appointed as the spokesperson and the Chair of the International Aid Committee for the Czech and Slovak Republics regarding the current situation in Ukraine and she is the founder and Chair of the Mentoring Program. Find out more about the Centre for International Private Enterprise at: https://www.cipe.org/ Find out more about Rotary International at: https://www.rotary.org/en Contact Monika Kočiová via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-kociova/ For more information on this podcast series, or to make any comments or to ask any questions relating to English Language learning, please contact me at johnscottlawton@hotmail.co.uk or visit my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-scott-lawton/ or my company page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/john-scott-lawton-consulting/?viewAsMember=true #Leadership #speech #impact # Mindset #English #Empowerment #Listeningskills #TESOL #IELTS #toefl #confidence #confidencebuilding #Englishlanguage #Slovak #Slovakia #Women --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-lawton/message

Post by Adam Turteltaub While in most cases the pandemic created nothing but challenges, Lola Adekanye (LinkedIn), Senior Program Officer for the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) reports in this podcast that, in some respects, it provided some benefits. While initiatives to encourage transparency and integrity were stretched, employees endured indefinite periods of working from home and governments were challenged with their budgets, the commitment by citizens and civil society to promote anticorruption and integrity grew. So, even though the risk for corruption increased, there was also a rise in whistleblowing, particularly in Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Most of the activity in this area revolved around the acquisition and distribution of Covid-related supplies, not surprisingly.  The transportation sector also saw a rise in corruption. Government procurement has continued to be a sore point, with many cases of collusion, price-fixing and kickbacks. But, consumer goods have seen a decline. For the long term she sees a collision between two forces. On the one side are traditional, authoritarian regimes with higher corruption. On the other side, which she thinks will prevail, are young people and institutions coming together to find ways to hold government and companies accountable. Listen in to learn more about the present and future of anticorruption efforts in Africa.

By Adam Turteltaub One day the war in Ukraine will stop, and many companies will be looking to either enter or return to the country. But what compliance challenges might they face? In tis podcast Eric Hontz, Director-Center for Accountable Investment at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) shares that business may be pleasantly surprised when they return. Despite the war the government has been functioning on multiple fronts and has continued to pass reform bills. They are particularly focused on EU-related reforms as a candidate for membership. In addition, a great deal of government power has moved outward from the central government to mayors and regional governments, enabling greater transparency into how funds are being used. All of this has made the corruption risk in the country less. When doing business in the country, Eric recommends enlisting civil society groups as an ally. There are a large number of progressive business groups, he reports, working to stem corruption and encourage innovation. The success of their efforts can be seen in the many technology companies across the country. After the war ends, he expects the country to continue its trajectory away from corruption. There is a growing consensus that corruption weakens the country, and he expects returning soldiers to have far less sympathy for it. As for Russian sanctions, he does not see much risk when doing business in Ukraine.  Outflows of investment by Russians began long before the war. Listen in to learn more about what to expect when the day comes that your organization begins working in Ukraine.

Lola Adekanye (@lola_kanye) is a Senior Program Officer, Africa at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Her background in compliance and banking got Lola interested in development and ethics, a stopover at the World Bank. Lola describes CIPE’s work at the intersection of the private and public sector, using market-oriented reforms to tackle corruption, with the key goal: drive up the cost of corruption and drive up the cost of compliance. Lola describes joint work with the University of Sussex trying to get a better understanding why people do not engage in corruption. She also describes concrete ideas against corruption, such as the Compliance Clubs in Kenya that provide a support network for enterprises to do business without engaging corruption. The interview touches on how corruption in Subsaharan African is often a survival issue, listen to the short term reasons to develop long term solutions. They follow the principle of 3R consisting of: How to RESPOND to request of corruption by providing them with realistic alternatives RECORD the request and pass it on to the higher level REPORT the request in order to get an estimate of how often such payment request occur Lola describes the Ethics first project as an example for realistic ethics guidelines and cautions against short-term impact measures as change often takes time and requires institutionalization of ethics. Her advice for young scholars is crucial: stay in the game and don’t burn out by taking small steps towards improvement.

Post By: Adam Turteltaub Tying human rights to compliance programs may sound like a new idea, but as Michele Crymes of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) explains in this podcast, it has a surprisingly long history. Wage and hour laws were and are human rights issues.  Rules about conflict minerals have roots in human rights as well, and more enforcement is likely coming. According to Michele, organizations should think of human rights less as a new area of compliance and more as an extension of existing efforts and with more nuance. Modern slavery and human trafficking, for example, has broadened its existing scope into examining many types of behavior including wage theft and the treatment of migrant labor. Listen in as she explains the current legal framework and what is expected to come next, including protection for women and children. And, as is so often the case, she shares the need to pay close attention to your supply chain.

On this week's episode, we have two guests talking to us about the power of storytelling and persistence. Ayodele Oluwatobi is an NGO Consultant and Gender Equality Advocate. She has wealth of knowledge in the social development space where she has functioned in several principal positions. Having interned with the Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Nigeria Office, working directly with the Programs Officer, Oluwatobi has a deep knowledge in project management. Her contributions to monitor advocacy for ease of doing business in partner-states have helped achieve the goals and objectives of the organization. Passionate about youth development. Fatima Binta Mohammed, Author ,Trainer & Digital Marketing Expert. She is the founder of Adhubbing: a digital marketing agency in Abuja that helps business owners harness the power of the Internet for social impact. Enjoy!

Abdulwahab Alkebsi is the Managing Director for Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Alkebsi oversees more than 120 programs in over 55 countries and supervises a staff across nine countries, including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ukraine, and at CIPE’s head office in Washington, DC. Louisa Tomar is a Program Officer on the Global team at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Tomar specializes in public policy on anti-corruption, digital economy, and digital rights. Tomar oversees cross-regional projects on democratic governance, anti-corruption compliance, and the intersection of technology and democracy. The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is the only institution in the world that works to support democracy and to strengthen the private sector by working with local business leaders to expand the opportunity for inclusive growth through market-led solutions. Listen to CIPE's podcast, Democracy That Delivers, here.You can find CIPE's Digital Economy Guidebook here.The Cuisine of LIFE cookbook can be bought here.

If the intro surprises you, stick with us -- we're welcoming Ken Jaques and Julie Johnson from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) -- one of the podcast clients of Human Factor Media. They're now up to their 65th show with 7000 listeners! CIPE works to encourage democracy with the aim of making the countries safe for private businesses. The organization is currently working on 100 projects in 50 countries and strives to collaborate with and amplify other groups working towards similar missions.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and OEF Research, a program of the One Earth Future Foundation (OEF) co-hosted a presentation and panel discussion on the role of local business communities in repairing fragile states. Fragile States continue to garner international attention, and the need to overcome this problem cannot be ignored. They put pressure on the global community by creating devastating poverty and restricted access to basic services for citizens. Fragile States also produce terrorism, piracy, human trafficking, and other dark network activity that puts the well-being of the global community in danger at much higher rates than secure states. One key way to address these problems is through the influence and conduct of the business community. This event began with a presentation on the new report Firm Behavior in Fragile States: The Cases of Somaliland, South Sudan, and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the panelists discussed how the lessons learned from the report can be used in other regions and countries.

Kipp Efinger is an independent consultant. Before going solo, Kipp served as Pact’s Country Director in Thailand, overseeing environmental governance and health projects funded by USAID; the Department of State; Chevron; and The Global Fund. Before moving to Thailand in 2013, he was based in Pact's Washington, DC office, where he managed support for a diverse portfolio in the Asia/Eurasia region, including multi-million dollar start-up operations for USAID projects in Nepal and Ukraine. He was also a member of Pact’s democracy and governance technical team from 2008 until 2010. Before Pact, Kipp served as Program Officer at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), managing economic reform programs and advocacy grants with business associations in Asia and Eurasia. Kipp has also worked for Mercy Corps in Azerbaijan and IREX in Washington, DC

Experience shows that physical reconstruction alone is not sufficient for the sustained, long-term politi cal and socio-economic development of societies emerging from conflict. Attention must be paid to the institutions that underlie function ing economic and political systems. John Sullivan, Executive Director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), joins the Council to offer new perspectives on the critical juncture between democratic governance, market institutions, and a functioning private sector. Traditionally, in dealing with post-conflict reform and peace-building issues, reformers have focused on security operations and humanitarian assistance as a key to moving countries out of conflict. Although important in their own right, such efforts must be complemented by institutional reforms, such as good governance, anti-corruption, the rule of law, and the strengthening of civil society. Citing examples of CIPE’s work in fragile states such as Pakistan and in post-conflict states such as Afghanistan and Iraq, Dr. Sullivan will address the role of private enterprise in promoting a strong, well-functioning society and the particular challenges faced in these vastly different environments.