Ad Hoc Committee on Transparency and Accountability

The mandate of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee on Transparency and Accountability, established in 2001, was extended in the spring of 2010. Emphasizing that it was time to reinvigorate the work of the Transparency Committee, the President appointed new Members, including Member of the Finnish Parliament Johannes Koskinen as Chair.

The Committee is made up of senior members of the Assembly from 14 countries.

Members:

• Mr. Johannes Koskinen, Head, Finland
• Mr. Francois-Xavier De Donnea, Belgium
• Mr. Consiglio Di Nino, Canada
• Ms. Doris Barnett, Germany
• Mr. Adil Akhmetov, Kazakhstan
• Mr. Petur Blondal, Iceland
• Mr. Riccardo Migliori, Italy
• Ms. Vilija Abramikiene, Lithuania
• Mr. Joao Soares, Portugal
• Ms. Suzana Grubjesic, Serbia
• Mr. Tony Lloyd, UK

President Petros Efthymoiu (Greece) and Treasurer Roberto Battelli (Slovenia) serve as ex officio members.

On 9 July 2010, in a side meeting at the Oslo Annual Session, the newly re-comprised Committee met to discuss priorities and their proposed work plan. Mr. Koskinen outlined his ideas which were included in the resolution passed later in the day entitled "Strengthening the Involvement of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in the Corfu Process on Security in Europe." He particularly emphasized the need to re-focus the work of the OSCE at the political level and on political issues, raising the idea of developing a toolkit for Members of Parliament to increase their interaction with their national governments on OSCE-related issues.