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ECCO Focuses On Offset & Compliance

The European Club for Countertrade and Offset (ECCO) is taking the lead with another pioneering event next month. Its symposium in Vienna, Austria, November 19 to 20, focuses on offset and compliance. The venue is the Hotel Le Meridien.
 
The themes for the 19th include:

• Globalization and compliance
• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) convention on combating bribery
• The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act
• High profile cases involving government procurement and corruption
• Offset and corruption
• Compliance: Financial and legal implications and reputational risks
• Compliance perspectives from India, Finland, Sweden and France
• The basics of a robust anti-corruption program for international groups
• Controlling partners in sales as well as offset, and merger and acquisition deal
• Opting for a collective action concept.

The Forum discussion on the 20th will be on offset in Canada and South Korea.

Join this ECCO Symposium and learn how to benefit your business, discuss topical issues with Europe's leading compliance experts, meet the Canadian and South Korean offset authorities, advance your export contracts, and share your experience.

For more information, click here.  

(ECCO is an European association for companies, individuals and institutions involved in Offset and countertrade. The association organizes symposiums where members and guests can unravel matters related to trade, international law and government procurement. Offset research and training are also aims of ECCO.)

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