ACRC Korea Transparency Newsletter (May 2021)

▷ ACRC Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui Elected as Director of International Ombudsman Institute(IOI)

- Chairperson Jeon joined the IOI’s important discussion, such as by-law revision, subsidy execution, and membership assessment

▷ ACRC Shares Best Practices of Korea’s Anti-Corruption Policies with 12 Countries Including Russia

- The Commission holds a virtual training course due to COVID-19 to share Corruption Risk Assessment and protective measures for whistleblowers

▷ ACRC Officially Launched the Center for Police Ombudsman

- To strengthen the role of Police Ombudsman in providing in-person consultation over civil complaints

[Special features on 4 Years of the Moon Administration]

▷ ACRC Achieved Concrete Results of Reform for Anti-Corruption and Justice with Increases in CPI Ranks for 4 Consecutive Years

- As the agency that supervises government-wide anti-corruption efforts, ACRC pushes ahead with reform for anti-corruption and justice to achieve “rises in the CIP ranking for 4 consecutive years to reach 33rd place for the first time”

▷ “Conflict of Interest Prevention Law Will Take Effect from May Next Year” to Help Korea Becoming Top 20 in CPI by 2022

- The outcomes of international and domestic assessment of Korea’s integrity level improved with the highest score of 61 points in CPI and 8.27 points in Integrity Assessment(IA) after 4-years consecutive rises

▷ ACRC, “Cracks Down on Corruption and Public Interest Violations with the People”

- Convenient and far-reaching corruption and public interest reporting, Sound whistleblower protection and active reward system, Systematic public finance recovery system without loopholes

▷ ACRC, “Made 329 Visits in On-site Civil Complaint Counseling Program and Ran 1.6 Laps Around the Earth (65,800km) over the Last 4 Years”

- Protected some 170,000 individuals’ rights and interests, and addressed conflicts and wishes involving 110,000 residents through mediation of 234 collective complaints

▷ ACRC, “Usage of Online Administrative Appeals Increased for 4 Consecutive Years, Allowing Better Access to Administrative Appeals”

- Expanded the support with a representative for the appeals procedures for socially vulnerable people for free of charge

▷ How Has ACRC Improved on Inconveniences in Everyday Life over the Last 4 Years?

- Addressed inconvenience and unfairness for citizens identified in 235 cases through civil complaint analysis and collection of people’s opinions