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1. “Con transparencia todo se sabe” www.chiletransparente.cl

2. Chile and Transparency

3. Chile Transparente; Itshistory In the year 2000, Chile Transparente was accredited as the Chilean Chapter of Transparency International In 2002, the proposal “Toward a Transparente Chile” was drawn up, and in the year 2004, the Global Corruption Index (CPI) was first published in Chile. In November 2006, the Chairman of Chile Transparente took part in the Commission of Experts called by the Presidency of the Republic, which was the basis for the Agenda on Transparency, Modernization and Improvement of the Quality of Politics. In the year 2007, the municipal transparency program was created, intended to improive the levels of transparency in the management of local governments in Chile. Through the preparation of transparency standards, the enhancement of the quality and standards of the information supplied by municipalities to groups of interest was encouraged. Since 2008, initiatives are conducted to upgrade the levels of transparency of NGOs and to perfect the financial institutionality of the country’s politics.

4. Chile Transparente; su historia In the year 2009, Chile Transparente suffered a legitimacy and financial crisis because in the 2009 Global Report on Corruption it was mentioned that candidate Sebastián Piñera, current president of Chile, had been sanctioned for using privileged information. In 2010, a new board of directors took over, Juan Carlos Délano being appointed the new chairman of Chile Transparente with the challenge to restore its credibility and legitimacy while ensuring its financial survival. That year, the concept of citizenship was reinforced. In this context, the “Diccionario del corrupto” (Dictionary of Corruption) was re-lounched, the book “Transparencia en el ámbito público y privado: Balance y desafíos pendientes” (Transparency in public and private scopes: balance and pending challenges) was published, and workshops on access to Public Information were held for community leaders. Huguette Labelle’s Visit to Chile in April 2011 In the year 2011, the job of Chile Transparente was consolidated in areas like education, municipalities, regional governments, the congress and the private sector. Chile Transparente’s Board with the President of the Republic and Huguette Labelle

5. Chile Transparente’s Areas Congress A Tripartite commission took place between the Government, the House of Representatives and Chile Transparente to progress on transparency laws. Internal Government Transparency projects are being implemented at Regional Governments. Defence A defence seminar will be held where a report will be submitted on “Transparency in the Defence Budget”. Private Corporations The Corporate Integrity Program deals with ways to incorporate and strengthen ethical culture at corporate levels. Education Promoting citizen values from school is a project co-sponsored by the IADB for highly vulnerable schools. Public Information A Public Information Access Assessment Project is being implemented, citizing training is being conducted and handbooks for access to public information have been drawn out. . NGOs Chile Transparente has created transparency standards for NGOs and the supply of relevant information on their websites. International Participation in the follow up to the Conventions Against corruption (MESICI), As well as in the UNCAC and OECD. Communications Work is done in coordination with Extend (Communications Advisory Company) to disseminate and socialize the duties we perform as an institution Social Networks A number of activities has been launched with other civil society organizations in Chile, relating to the issue of transparency Municipalities Transparency projects are being implemented at different municipalities in the country Extractive Industry A seminar is being prepared on corporate transparency and work is being done with EITI

6. Particulars: Juan Carlos Délano Valenzuela Juan Carlos Délano (aged 45) leads The Chilean Chapter of Transparency International –Chile Transparente- since April 2010, repositioning this agency as a country’s referent in encouragement of transparency and probity in the political and private arena, after having endured a serious institutional and credibility crisis. He has been a privileged witness of the political transition process in the country from an authoritarian to a democratic rule which has led to an important development in the country over the past 30 years. One emphasis of his conduct, given his professional expertise, has been to promote from inside Chile Transparente, transparency practices in the private sector, particularly to improve the manner in which corporations provide their information to consumers. To include the civil society through Chile Transparente’s strategic plan 2010 – 2015, which emphasizes the necessity of encouraging probity and transparency through the 3C: that is Citizen, Contributor and Consumer. This has been key to the team led by Delano. An economist by profession, Délano has held various executive positions in the financial sector. Currently, he is a partner and CEO of an Asset Management company specializing in Venture Capital (www.aurus.cl) which relates to information technologies, biotechnology and real estate and capital market areas. As Chairman of the Chilean Chapter of Transparencia Internacional, he has joined different instances to generate State proposals for the sake of probity and transparency. He earns no compensation whatsoever for his role as Chairman of Chile Transparente. In the citizen area, Chile Transparente has also launched the Public Information Access Project, the purpose of which is to get to know whether the tools are in place for people to access to this information and in that way to supervise and assess management in public institutions.

7. Proposal The development of social networks worldwide through information technologies is contributing to the transparency process of States and various institutions of society. This scenario opens new challenges to the duty of Transparency International (TI) and poses on it the task of continuing its struggle to promote transparency and combat corruption. On the other hand, the Subprime financial crisis of two years ago showed that corruption is also deeply rooted in the private sector, especially in the financial sector. My proposals are to focus my activities on the following: To bring the issue of Transparency closer to the common citizen, i.e. to go forward into a 2.0 transparency strategy using the social networks and new technological tools. To implement a strategy where the individual be the centre of the calls for transparency by means of a policy of Citizen, Contributor and Consumer Empowerment. That is, to change the strategy from a top down to a bottom up approach. To strengthen the task that TI has developed in preventing private corruption, particularly in the financial sector where I have developed my professional activities and in its interaction with the public sector. To successfully achieve this task, it is necessary for the TI and its national chapters to strengthen their investigative capabilities and encouragement of transparency in areas of great implications to society, such as the financial, health and natural resources areas. To improve knowledge management by the TI, through the enhancement of the Chapter Zone. National chapters must improve their communication systems to share experiences. There are huge and valuable initiatives which are not always known. It is key to progress in this field and develop the Chapter Zone. To provide economic feasibility tools to our chapters. It is vital to generate regional and interregional alliances in the search of financing, particularly for higher income countries.

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