As part of the joint LGI/OSI/WBI training Program for Anticorruption Practitioners, World Bank Institute will provide training in Istanbul to participants from nine countries about reinventing local governments in order to cure and prevent corruption. Participants will facilitate a simulation of a workshop for mayors and will develop their action plans focusing on the dissemination of the strategic and practical anticorruption approaches. The training is delivered jointly with the Romanian based organization "Partners Foundation for Local Development" (FPDL).

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey; Date: June 28-July 1, 2009.

Contact: rmacleanabaroa@worldbank.org