Participation in the ICAC 

The participation of civil society is established in article III.11 of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (ICAC):

Article III
Preventive Measures

For the purposes set forth in Article II of this Convention, the States Parties agree to consider the applicability of measures within their own institutional systems to create, maintain and strengthen:
(…)
11. Mechanisms to encourage participation by civil society and nongovernmental organizations in efforts to prevent corruption.

Transparencia Mexicana (TM) participated in the ICAC follow-up mechanism (MESICIC according to its Spanish acronym) assessing Mexico. In 2007 and 2009, TM answered the questionnaires related to the second and third Rounds of review. Moreover, in April 2009, TM collaborated with Transparency International (TI) to issue a Study on the implementation of the Summit of Americas Mandates which was presented during the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad y Tobago.

Also, in conformity with the Rules of procedure and other provisions of the Committee of Experts, before the first Round of review, the Committee received and considered Transparency International´s proposals under the titles: “Key elements to be considered in the Inter-American Convention against Corruption review methodology” and “Inter-American Convention against Corruption, Comments on the first version of the draft questionnaire and methodology”. Before the second Round of review, the Committee received and considered “Transparency International Proposals for the Methodology of the Second Round of MESICIC”.

Related documents:
• Committee of Experts rules of procedure and other provisions
• Guidelines for the participation of civil society organizations in OAS activities
• Transparencia Mexicana´s answer to the questionnaire of the second Round of review (2006) (in Spanish)
• Transparencia Mexicana´s answer to the questionnaire of the third Round of review (2009) (in Spanish)
• TI Study on the implementation of the Summit of Americas‘ mandates, 5th Summit of the Americas (2009)