Magnus Ohman :: News 2022

2022

Participated in the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washtington DC, US.
Hosted meeting of the international political finance Community of Practice in Washington DC, US.

Appeared on the Trace International podcast Bribe, Swindle or Steal, an installment entitled "How Corruption Undermines Elections".
Co-facilitated the launch event of the IFES Online campaigning Transparency Community of Practice at the Regional Europe Office in Prague, Czech Republic.

Presented IFES work against disinformation in elecoral processes during the 10th Annual Meeting of Election Management Bodies in Georgia.
Participated in the gloal forum on effective activities against corruption, including local partner organisations from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco and Romania. The forum was held at the IFES Regional Europe Office in Prague, Czech Republic.

Co-facilitated workshop on digital solutions in formal political finance oversight, including representatives from oversight institutions in Eastern Partnership, Western Balkans and Visegrad Four countries. The workshop was organised by the IFES Regional Europe Office in Prague, the Czech Republic.
Held first closed-door discussions with representatives from the National Agency for Corruption Prevention in Ukraine about controlling party finance during the period since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Supported preparations of the IFES-CEELI workshop in October together with partners across the world fighting for the implementation of recommendations and committments against corruption.
Did final editing on forthcoming IFES publication on civil society monitorign of campaign finance.

Trained journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina about reporting on political finance and abuse of state resources.
Panelist in webinar on the role of ICT in political finance oversight in Africa, organised by the Alliance for Finance Monitoring, based in Uganda.
Participated in conference organised by the Research Committee (20) on Political Finance and Political Corruption of the International Political Science Association.

Spoke about effective electoral reform at conference "Democracy; a Minimal Consensus" organised by the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) in Belgrade.
Participated in Conference on Democratic Resilience Strategies for the Information Space and Emerging Technologies, organised by the National Endowment for Democracy International Forum for Democratic Studies.

Hosted IFES roundtable about Foreign Influence over Democratic Institutions.
Spoke to the USAID Study Group at Georgetown University about programming to support political finance transparency.

Ensured the sucessful publication of the IFES Oversight, toolkit for political finance institutions (primary authors Lisa Klein and Barbara Jouan-Stonestreet).
Co-hosted USAID staff briefing on effective political finance programming.

Hosted online meeting for European CSOs on monitoring abuse of state resources.
Moderated online discussion about "Tearing Down the Curtain: Countering Kremlin’s Information War"

Co-facilitated training of journalists in Serbia about covering vote buying.
Presented about the importance of implementation-friendly political finance regulations during event organised by KRIIK in Albania.

Co-facilitated training of CSO in Papua New Guinea on monitoring abuse of state resources.
Supported development of global initiative to monitoring online advertising.