Korea's anti-corruption measures including the “integrity assessment” will be transferred to Mongol and Vietnam following Indonesia, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Thailand.

 

The policy transfer is intended to follow up on the anti-corruption MOUs that the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) signed with the anti-corruption bodies of Mongolia and Vietnam respectively last February.

Most notably, the main reason that the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) of Mongolia proposed the bilateral MOU is to adopt Korea's integrity assessment system.

 

The amendment of the anti-corruption act of Mongolia in 2006 has vested the IAAC with a new mandate to measure the levels of corruption in the public sector of Mongolia and disclose the results every two years.

 

The Mongolian anti-corruption agency requested technical assistance from the ACRC in developing its own integrity measurement system.

 

In response to the request, the ACRC hosted a training workshop for four days from May 11 in Seoul to provide hands-on training on the methodology of the integrity assessment for IAAC officials.

 

In early June, for the officials from the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption (OSCAC), Vietnam, the ACRC offered training on various topics, including the handling of corruption reports, registration of public officials' assets, and whistleblower protection and rewards.

 

Over the three years to come, the ACRC plans to help Mongolia adopt its integrity assessment, anti-corruption initiatives assessment and corruption impact assessment, while transferring to Vietnam its policies including the code of conduct, institutional improvement, international cooperation against corruption, and prevention of corruption in government procurement.

 

The ACRC will also share information on its functions and roles with the anti-corruption organizations in the two countries through exchange visits of senior officials.

 

The Commission plans to give full support to the governments of Mongolia and Vietnam so that Korea's anti-corruption policies can be successfully introduced to these countries. It expects that these efforts will serve to promote the excellence of Korea's corruption prevention programs and capacity for anti-corruption technical assistance worldwide.