On the 26th of October IRRSA presented an online lecture on the topic “Education on anti-corruption. A UN programme. Can we fight corruption through education and how exactly can this be done? ” with guest lecturer Mr. Alex Petkov. The lecture was held via Zoom, provided by our partners from the National Youth Forum.
The event was opened with a few introductory words by the President of the Association - Veselin Tashev, and then the guest lecturer continued on.
Mr. Petkov briefly and straightforwardly defined what the unit where he currently works at (the “Corruption and Economic Crimes Unit” of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime) was doing. He presented how the unit itself works together with individual member states and various anti-corruption programmes.
It was explained how the topic of the fight against corruption is presented in the different stages of education. At the end there were many questions for Mr. Petkov, which made for an interesting and useful discussion.
