Almotamar.net - Representatives for 19 Arab official authorities concerned with integrity enhancement and anticorruption announced Wednesday launching the Arab network on enhancement of integrity and fighting corruption.

That came at the conclusion meetings of the regional conference on enhancing cooperation among anticorruption commissions and development of the preventative mechanism. The conference was organised by the UN Development Programme in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Commission in Jordan.

The conference has chosen Chairman of the Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission Dr Abid al-Shakhanba as Chairman of the Network for one year and the Chairman of the Yemeni Supreme National Anti-Corruption Commission (SNACC) Ahmed al-Anisi as First Vice-Chairman and the Mauritanian General Inspector as second Chairman.

The network aims at establishing relations of communication and cooperation between Arab decision-makers and those practicing in the fields of anti-corruption and enhancement of integrity, transparency and accountability in a practical and effective and coordinated way as well as deepening dialogue of policies and the operations of building capacities and knowledge at the regional level in various areas of enhancement of integrity, transparency, accountability and anti-corruption.