Korea’s Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment to be introduced in Malaysia

ACRC-UNDP policy workshop for Malaysian public officials will be held from April 24 to April 26

April 23, 2019

Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission

The Republic of Korea

Korea’s Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment will be introduced in Malaysia, following Indonesia and Vietnam.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Pak Un Jong) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a three-day workshop on Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment for Malaysian public officials starting from April 24, 2019.

The Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment (AIA) assesses public agencies’ anti-corruption efforts and achievements aimed to enhance their integrity level. The corruption prevention instrument is conducted every year on all of the public agencies in Korea.

The workshop for Malaysian delegation, organized as part of UNDP Seoul Policy Center’s ‘Development Solutions Partnership (DSP)*’, will discuss ways for the successful implementation of the AIA in Malaysia.

* DSP is a program to share Korea’s development experiences with other countries through the UNDP’s global network.

During the workshop, with the Malaysian delegation, the ACRC shared its experiences and knowhow on the operation of the AIA and discussed ways for Malaysia to develop assessment indices appropriate to the country’s context.

The workshop was attended by five public officials from Malaysian anti-corruption agency, headed by Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff, Deputy Director of the Governance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption Centre, and officials from UNDP Seoul Policy Center and UNDP Malaysia.

The ACRC has actively engaged in anti-corruption technical assistance program to share Korea’s effective anti-corruption policies with developing countries, which resulted in the implementation of the AIA in Indonesia in 2008 and in Vietnam in 2016.

Recently non-Asian countries, such as countries in Africa and South America, are showing interest in adopting Korea’s anti-corruption policies. This year, AIA will be introduced in Malaysia and Uzbekistan out of the nations hoping to introduce the corruption prevention instrument.

ACRC Chairperson Pak Un Jong said, “the ACRC will provide continuous support for the successful establishment and implementation of the AIA in Malaysia through this workshop.” She added, “I hope this project will serve to create a fair business environment for Korean businesses in Malaysia and share Korea’s effective anti-corruption policies with the world.”