gopac conference objectives statement by senator edgardo j. angara (march 16, 2012)

SEN. EDGARDO J. ANGARA

Vice Chair, GOPAC

President, SEAPAC

Conference Objectives Statement by

Guest of Honor H.E. Gen. Teeradej Meepien

President of the Senate & Vice President of the National Assembly

Kingdom of Thailand

Welcome!

Hon. Roy Cullen, P.C., C.A. GOPAC Management Committee Member Former Member of Parliament in Canada

Welcome!

2013  January  31  to  February  2,  2013  

MANILA  

GOPAC is helping parliamentarians

worldwide achieve good governance in their home countries through capacity

building workshops such as this.

GOPAC’s objective

Conference objectives

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION (UNCAC)

1  

2  

ASIA  BY  YEAR  2050  Popula:on   3  BILLION  Per  capita  income  

$39,000  

WORLD’S GLOBAL

DOMESTIC PRODUCT by 2025

ASIA  

30%  

EUROPE  

20%  

EUROPEAN  COMMISSION  

ASIA CAN

ACCOUNT FOR 51% OF GLOBAL ECONOMY

by 2050  

ASIAN  DEVELOPMENT  BANK  

BUT WEALTH WILL COME AT A PRICE…

BENEFITS OF PROGRESS SHOULD TRICKLE

DOWN TO

EVERYONE

THIS IS ASIA’S CENTURY

Good governance will be the bedrock of that future.

SEAPAC  

Thank you.

 Presenta+on  of  Senator  Edgardo  J.  Angara  Republic  of  the  Philippines    Vice  Chair  Global  OrganizaGon  of  Parliamentarians    Against  CorrupGon  (GOPAC)    

President  South  East  Asian  Parliamentarians  Against    CorrupGon  (SEAPAC)    

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