Transparency and Accountability in Government

The Department of State and Meridian International Center worked to ensure that the following objectives were met throughout the duration of the visitors' program:

• Examine the role and structure of ethics in the U.S. government at the federal, state, and local level;
• Highlight best practices encouraging governmental transparency and accountability;
• Explore U.S. government and private sector approaches to ethical conduct and analyze the similarities and differences of these approaches;
• Discuss international efforts to strengthen ethical leadership in governments and businesses worldwide; and
• Examine the effect of transparency on trade, investment and economic development.