On 20–21 March, GRECO held a Training Seminar for Evaluators in Strasbourg, marking the launch of its Sixth Evaluation Round. The round focuses on preventing corruption and promoting integrity at the sub-national level. The event brought together 82 evaluators from 44 GRECO member States. The training aimed to deepen participants' understanding of their roles in the evaluation process and to strengthen their contribution to its effective implementation.

The programme included four panel discussions and two mock evaluation exercises, designed around real-life scenarios to help participants gain hands-on experience and improve their preparedness. Presentations delivered during the seminar are available below.

Plenary sessions and presentations

Thursday, 20 March 2025

Welcome address, presentation of the training

• David Meyer, GRECO President
• Livia Stoica Becht, GRECO Executive Secretary

Session one: Focus of the Sixth Evaluation Round and Methodology for the Evaluation, lessons learnt from previous evaluation rounds

• Laura Sanz-Levia, GRECO Deputy Executive Secretary [presentation]
• Vita Habjan Barboric, Head of the Development and Prevention Centre Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, Slovenia [presentation]
• Luis Miguel Pinto De Sousa E Silva, Chief Inspector, General Inspection of Finance Audit Authority (IGF), Portugal [presentation]
• David Dolidze, GRECO Senior Legal Adviser [presentation]

Session two: Addressing and managing risk areas (risk mapping, particular risk areas at sub-national level, devising strategies and their follow-up)

• Giuseppe Abbatino, Expert, National Anti-Corruption Agency (ANAC), Italy [presentation]
• Yann Philippe, Head of Department, French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), France [presentation]
• Gissur Erlingsson, Professor, Linkoping University, Sweden [presentation]
• Danela Arsovska, Major of Skopje, North Macedonia, Spokesperson on Ethics and Prevention of Corruption of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe [talking points]

Friday, 21 March 2025

Session three: Preventing corruption: building an ethical infrastructure, transparency and control mechanisms

• Vladimir Georgiev, former Commissioner, State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, North Macedonia [presentation]
• Ashley Cooks, Director of Government Ethics District of Columbia, United States of America [presentation]
• Joan-Antoni Llinares Gomez, Former Director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Region, Spain [talking points]

Session four: Reporting corruption and assuring accountability for integrity breaches

• Anna Myers, Executive Director, Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) [presentation]
• Anca Jurma, Former Counsellor of the Chief prosecutor, National Anti-Corruption Directorate, Romania [presentation]
• Luis Macedo Pinto de Sousa, Professor, Lisbon University, Portugal [presentation]