ACRC initiated Kazakhstan into Korea’s advanced anti-corruption policies,

including the Corruption Risk Assessment

At the Request of Kazakhstan, which has a high interest in Korea’s anti-corruption policies, a training course for public servants newly opened

(June 9th 2022, ACRC)

• A newly opened online training course for Kazakhstan instructed Korea’s outstanding anti-corruption policies and experiences, such as Corruption Risk Assessment, Integrity Assessment, and the Protection of Public Interest Reporters.
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• The Anti-Corruption Training Institute under Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui) ran an online training course from June 7 to 9 for officials at the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in order to support the country to increase its anti-corruption capability.
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• The training course was arranged at the request of Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on February, asking for the instruction of Korea’s major anti-corruption policies, such as Corruption Risk Assessment and Integrity Assessment. Not only from the headquarter of Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan but also from 10 local offices and 3 public companies, 44 working-level employees participated in the training course.  
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• This year, the Kazakh government adopted a five-year anti-corruption strategy and established a goal of making inclusive and in-depth efforts to eliminate corruption-causing factors, fostering a culture of integrity over the society, and fully taking strong and strict measures for the prevention of corruption.
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• Accordingly, the training course consisted of valid policies or laws relevant to the anti-corruption strategy in Kazakhstan, such as Corruption Risk Assessment, Integrity Assessment, and the Protection of Public Interest Reporters.
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• The training course, in particular, focused on the Corruption Risk Assessment. The Corruption Risk Assessment is a system that analyzes corruption-causing factors embedded in laws to eliminate and improve them. The ACRC assesses corruption-causing factors based on 12 criteria, including possibilities of conflict of interest among four areas, such as compliance with legislation and amendments, enforcement, administrative procedure, and control of corruption, and recommends improvement of inadequate areas.
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• In the meantime, the ACRC initiated six countries, including Indonesia, Mongol, and Myanmar, into the Corruption Risk Assessment, a flagship policy tool for anti-corruption.
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• ACRC Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui said, “I hope this training be an opportunity of sharing Korea’s anti-corruption system with Kazakhstan.”
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• She added that the Commission would expand exchange and cooperation in regard to anti-corruption with key partner countries of the New Northern Policy, such as Kazakhstan.