Mansoura University Celebrates International Anti-Corruption Day

Today on Tuesday 8th December, Mansoura University organized ''Anti-Corruption Seminar'' at the Conference Hall, The General Administration of the University, under the patronage of Prof. Ashraf Abdel-Basset, the President of the University, to coincide with the events of International Anti-Corruption Day.
The Attendees were: Prof.Ashraf Abdel-Basset, the President of Mansoura University, Major General/ Hany Mansour, the head of Administrative Control Authority Office at Dakahlia Governorate, prof. Mahmoud ElMeligy, the Vice-President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, prof. Mohamed Attia ElBayoumy, the Vice-President of Mansoura University for Education and Students' Affair, prof. Ashraf Tarek Hafez, the Vice-President of Mansoura University for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lieutenant Colonel/ Ahmed AlQattan, Administrative Control Authority Office, prof. Mohamed Hegazy, the executive manager of University's hospitals, the deans of the faculties, vice-deans, the general secretary of the university and his assistants, directors of the hospitals and medical centers and their secretary, and a number of teaching staff, employees and students.
Prof.Ashraf Abdel-Basset confirmed that the Egyptian state transferred anti-corruption's logos to real actions via law application on all involved people in all fields of corruption. Further, he praised the Administrative Control Authority's choice of Mansoura University to hold International Anti-Corruption Day. Besides, he pointed out the university's role in anti-corruption and spreading the culture of anti-corruption among all employees who can convey this culture to the outer world.
Major General/ Hany Mansour noted that corruption is the misuse of the given authority to achieve private profits either through the leading jobs or through the junior employees. He pointed out that the Administrative Control Authority is one of the state's authorities for anti-corruption and presents Egypt in international agreement for anti-corruption which was signed in 2003 and Egypt joined this agreement in 2005. Furthermore, he presented the negative effects of corruption on economic level ( monopoly of goods with the support of some officials, and the budget deficit as a result of tax evasion ), social level (widespread unemployment, family disintegration, drug abuse and trafficking ) , the psychological level (the lack of loyalty to the state through the frustration of some citizens and their resort to extremism )and the legal level (the emergence of money laundering crimes and slow court procedures, and an attempt to obstruct it ).
He presented the national strategy for anti-corruption which aims at setting goals and strategies to ensure trapping it and activating a communal culture that fights it through two stages: the first (2014-2018) and the second (2019-2022) which strengthen the United Nations' trust to organize international anti-corruption day which will be held in December 2021 in Egypt with the attendance of 186 countries. He stated that this strategy achieved positive results through developing the legislative infrastructure that supports anti-corruption like the civil service law, investment law, the organized anti- crime law and human trafficking. In addition to modifying some laws of international authorities, adding some crimes, such as foreign exchange of the Administrative Control Authority, and the establishment of the National Academy for Anti-Corruption, in which a large number of Egyptians and non-Egyptians were trained in ways for anti-corruption. Moreover, he stressed on the importance of increasing societal awareness of the importance of anti-corruption by activating the role of students' activities, preparing the curriculum for universities under the title "Human Rights and Anti-Corruption" and organizing advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of anti-corruption.