Korea shares corruption prevention experiences with Vietnam

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The UNDP Seoul Policy Centre (USPC) for Global Development Partnerships, in partnership with the UNDP Vietnam Country Office, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of the Republic of Korea, and the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam, organized a three-day workshop in Hanoi, in December, to share with Vietnam the ACRC’s Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment tool and experiences.

The AIA is an annual exercise for corruption prevention in the Republic of Korea since 2002 and now covers more than 250 public institutions. It assesses the effectiveness of Korean public sector organizations in implementing the government’s anti-corruption policies and initiatives. Every year, all assessment scores are publicized and organizations are ranked. As such the AIA is a motivational tool for the heads of public institutions to put in place and improve institutional measures that prevent corruption.

The workshop marked the first major activity of a joint UNDP-ACRC pilot project, supported by USPC and the UNDP Global Anti-Corruption Initiative (GAIN), which aims to increase Vietnam’s capacity, efficacy, and political will to monitor institutional measures for corruption prevention in the public sector. The project utilizes a triangular development cooperation modality involving UNDP, Korea, and Vietnam, with USPC and UNDP Vietnam as a “translator” and facilitator of knowledge sharing and application of Korea’s approaches to anti-corruption.

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