Talk:International Anti-Corruption Academy

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A well-written, clear, concise, informative article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weiss1234 (talk • contribs) 08:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Not encyclopedic

Moved here as this is not encyclopedic content but rather is PR. Perhaps the refs here can be used to generate encyclopedic content

Media attention

IACA is frequently mentioned in media around the world. Most of the coverage is neutral or positive in tone, although a small number of media outlets have carried highly critical reports.

Radio France Internationale recently broadcast a story about the Academy and its Master in Anti-Corruption Studies (MACS) programme. Its Dean has given numerous interviews to outlets including Austrian state broadcaster ORF, China Daily, Die Zeit, Atlas (Denmark) [1], and BFM Radio (Malaysia) [2]. The Academy is also frequently profiled in the FCPA Blog, both by the blog's editors and by some of the lecturers in IACA's master's programmes.

In July 2017, the award-winning German investigative platform CORRECTIV, in cooperation with the magazine NEWS, published an article claiming that a local old boys’ network is pulling the academy’s strings and that there is a conflict of interest over the appointment of the organisation's independent auditors. IACA’s sponsors are involved in choosing its financial auditors, and one of the organization's local auditors is implied in a corruption scandal..

Earlier on in 2016, IACA was critically covered by Austria's second-largest commercial channel Puls 4 in its TV show 'Bist du Deppert?!'. In February 2016, this show (which is about tax wastage) made a critical feature of the Academy and accused it of being overly expensive and lacking accountability. Earlier on, NEWS published a critical feature on the academy called 'Castle in the Sky'..

References

-- 12:11, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

needs revising

There may be something useful here but this is a mess of unsourced content and promotional writing.

History

IACA was created by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and the Republic of Austria. It was set up on the basis of a multilateral treaty – the Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization. IACA was inaugurated during the conference "From Vision to Reality", in the Viennese Hofburg in September 2010. More than 1,000 delegates were present, representing over 120 UN member states, as well as international organizations, and the public and private sector. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was the guest of honour. During this conference, 35 UN member states and one international organization signed the IACA agreement. By the end of 2010, it had been signed by 51 UN member states and two international organizations, and on 8 March 2011 IACA was established as an international organization. IACA holds observer status with the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Council of Europe's Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The founding group who set up the IACA were clear about its role as a practical training institution specifically for working practitioners, such as investigators and prosecutors, whose enhanced knowledge and expertise would have a trickle-down effect back home. Executive director of UNODC at the time, Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, highlighted the proposed practical benefits of the academy, particularly the training of experts working in anti-corruption agencies and financial intelligence units. INTERPOL Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble added that the academy was intended to "play a central role in enabling police and prosecutors worldwide to investigate and prosecute corruption". The UK Minister for International Development supported the initiative since it would "provide professional training and technical expertise to individuals and teams tasked with combating the scourge of corruption in both developed and developing countries" through a focus on UNCAC's four pillars of prevention, criminalisation, international cooperation, and asset recovery.

References

-- Jytdog (talk) 12:45, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

IACA page

Dear Wikipedia community,

This is Richard Eames, Senior Coordinator for Advocacy and Communications at the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) – again disclosing my COI in connection with this page.

Instead of the current edit war that has involved many user names since 16 March 2017, I hope that through the talk page we can all work towards a consensual, accurate, fact-based page about IACA that serves the public interest. In this spirit, I fully understand that this page is not the IACA website and will contain content from different perspectives.

However, since 16 March the vast majority of page edits (apart from mine) have been overwhelmingly negative towards IACA, for reasons that have not been made clear. In many cases users were allowed to add false and misleading content with the clear intention of damaging IACA’s reputation. In addition, on 7 July one user impersonated IACA’s Dean, Martin Kreutner, by editing under the user name Martin.Kreutner.

Following the most recent edits and deletions on 18 July the page now consists of three short paragraphs that are almost exclusively negative in tone towards IACA and rely on a very limited number of sources.

I understand Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines and am happy to work within them. I trust other users will do the same in the interest of reducing the conflict on the page about IACA.

Best wishes, Richard Richard.eames (talk) 14:39, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi. If you would like to propose content here that is based on independent sourcing, I would be happy to review it. Thanks for posting here - glad you found the talk page. Jytdog (talk) 04:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi – I’d like to propose the following introduction. It contains basic objective facts about IACA that are of public interest. The IACA Agreement is international law.

This content and sourcing follows the pattern at the top of Wikipedia pages about many other international organizations (e.g. UNODC, Interpol). I trust it will not be problematic for anyone.

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The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is an international organization and post-secondary educational institution based in Laxenburg (Vienna), Austria. It was initiated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Republic of Austria, and other stakeholders.

IACA became an international organization on 8 March 2011 on the basis of a multilateral treaty – the Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization.

IACA’s mandate, stipulated in Article II of this agreement, is “to promote effective and efficient prevention and combating of corruption” through education and professional training, research, technical assistance, and international cooperation and networking.

Best, Richard.eames (talk) 10:19, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

We don't use embedded URLs like this. We use references. The general help page for citing sources is at Help:Citing sources; there is a quick introduction at User:Jytdog/How#Formatting_citations.

Please use independent sources. The website of the organization is not independent.

The content needs to be supported by the references (everything in the content, needs to be found in the reference). Content in Wikipedia summarizes what independent, reliable sources say about things. That is how we achieve "neutrality" as we define that, and avoid becoming a vehicle for promotion. Jytdog (talk) 21:10, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Information about IACA

Good evening,

I just edited the article about IACA to start building up something useful. I found some information suggestive and not supported by any external source. The cited NEWS-articles are in German. Does it serve the Wikipedia-mission to add credentials in another language than the article, making it impossible for 90 % of the readers to review its content and verify the text? My wife is German and explained me that the cited NEWS articles are making various hear-say claims, but neither the unusual staff turnover in 2015/16 nor any claim pointing to a revolving door is made therein. Has obviously not been reviewed by anyone...(because it's in German). I suggest not using foreign language links and sources for reasons of independent verifiability.

My particular interest is international organizations. That's where I am able to give to and share with the Wikipedia-community. I feel that a lot more of data and facts about IACA could be placed on this site. It's a public entity so governance is key. How about that? Activities are critical (just look at UNODC, UN, Interpol and other related articles on Wikipedia). How about partnerships? True, that state relations can be fuzzy but what about international joint activities, funded by tax payers money? What about IACA's efforts in contributing to the fight against corruption? Should that not go in here? And if not, why not?

Would be glad to hearing your commments...Be patient with me I am a NewBie!...and hope to hear from you on other related articles as wellHeadOverHeels (talk) 20:24, 23 July 2017 (UTC)