During the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting to have been hosted by Thailand, the Act on the Prevention of Conflicts of Interests Related to Duties of Public Servants and Korea’s online corruption reporting system, Clean Portal were introduced at a workshop on ‘Technology for Transparency: Digital Disruption to Corruption’ hosted by the hosting country and at the 34^th Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group (ACTWG) meeting.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui) virtually presented Korea’s successful anti-corruption policies at a workshop and 34^th ACTWG meeting on the 15^th and the 17^th, respectively.

On the 15^th, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand, APEC 2022 host country, organized a virtual workshop on “Technology for Transparency: Digital Disruption to Corruption”

At the workshop, the ACRC made a presentation on Clean Portal (www.clean.go.kr) which had been recognized as a best practice in using digital technologies for corruption prevention and control.

The workshop was attended by global anti-corruption practitioners and experts, such as representatives of anti-corruption agencies of the 21 APEC members and experts from international organizations such as UNDP(United Nations Development Programme), UNODC(United Nations Office Drugs and Crime), IACA( International Anti-Corruption Academy), and ADB(Asian Development Bank).

On the 17^th, the 34^th ACTWG meeting discussed 2022 Work Plan, implementation of Strategic Plan for 2023-2026, and each member’s implementation status of the UNCAC(United Nations Convention Against Corruption).

At the ACTWG meeting, the ACRC explained, as Korea’s progress on UNCAC implementation, the Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest Related to Duties of Public Servants which will be enforced in May this year.

The meeting was attended by 30 officials including government representatives of APEC members and OECD officials.

The ACTWG is held twice a year in order to respond to corruption issues and cooperate strongly with the 21 APEC member economies.

Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui of the ACRC said, “The ACRC, as an agency overseeing anti-corruption policies of all government organizations of Korea, will continue to actively promote the country’s anti-corruption policies in the international community and share the policies with many countries. The ACRC will eventually contribute to the global efforts to spread a culture of integrity throughout the world. ”