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Report of the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda
The High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel) was convened by the 74th President of United Nations General Assembly and the 75th President of the Economic and Social Council on 2 March 2020.
The objective of the FACTI Panel is to contribute to the overall efforts undertaken by Member States to implement the ambitious and transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is mandated to review current challenges and trends related to financial accountability, transparency and integrity, and to make evidence-based recommendations to close remaining gaps in the international system.
The Panel is co-chaired by H.E. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, former prime minister of Niger, and H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė, former president of Lithuania. The members include Annet Wanyana Oguttu, Benedict Schilbred Fasmer, Bolaji Owasanoye, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Irene Ovonji-Odida, José Antonio Ocampo, Karim Daher, Magdalena Sepúlveda, Manorma Soeknandan, Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Tarisa Watanagase, Thomas Stelzer, Yu Yongding and Yury Fedotov. The Panel members have participated in a personal capacity and are not expressing endorsements or commitments on behalf of any institution with which they have a relationship.
The High-Level Panel on Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda came together as a diverse group of individuals from different backgrounds, experiences and national and regional contexts. Even if members of the High-Level Panel did not agree on every detail of the final report, consensus was reached on the vast majority of recommendations. And most importantly, the Panel is unanimous on the need to act to promote financial accountability, transparency and integrity for achieving the 2030 Agenda.
