11 September 2013 - Philippine Ambassador and Permanent Resident Representative Lourdes O. Yparraguirre presented her Credentials to Mr. Martin Kreutner, Dean and Executive Secretary of the International Anti Corruption Academy based in Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria on August 23.

Executive Secretary Martin Kreutner conveyed his appreciation to the Philippines for its strong support to the IACA and its initiatives.

Ambassador Yparraguirre conveyed that anti-corruption is a very important facet of the Aquino administration which runs on a program of anti-corruption equating it with anti- poverty, adding that good governance is good economics. This has resulted in concrete success for the Philippines which is now the fastest growing economy in Asia. The Ambassador stressed that partnership with IACA was very helpful, and that focus should not only be on the treatment of symptoms but on the long-term remedy of eradicating corruption and transforming a culture of corruption and impunity into a culture of transparency and accountability.

The Philippines is a founding member and became a Party to the Agreement for the Establishment of the IACA on June 2011. END