TI Korea Activities & Programmes

Promoting Compliance to Laws & Political System by constructing a National Integrity System

Promoting Compliance to Laws & Political System by Constructing a National Integrity System

• Campaign for the revision of election laws
• Participate in the Coalition for Anti-Corruption legislation
• Rate electoral candidates by voters through participation in voters’ movements/activities
• Hold integrity pact development plan workshops
• Hold round-table discussions on anti-corruption law revision
• Hold round-table discussions on the development of a citizen ombudsman system
• Hold a regional round-table and workshop on activating the citizen ombudsman system
• Hold round-table discussions on KICAC’s performance and problems
• Held the “Anti-Corruption: From Governance to K-PACT” round-table discussion

Anti-Corruption Policy: Research & Collection of Data

1) Anti-Corruption Practice: Anti-Corruption and clean society research centers

– A collaborative anti-corruption project with regional religious groups
– Round-table discussion on establishing a standard code of ethics for civil society organisations
– Seminar on improving Seoul integrity pacts
– Assessment of integrity pacts to improve transparency and yearly collaborative projects with Seoul, Jung-Gu district
– Survey on residents’ perceptions of integrity of Seoul Gangdong-Gu district

2) Anti-Corruption Investigative Research Project

– Survey on national youth corruption/anti-corruption awareness
– Survey on public official and civil servants’ ethics awareness
– Research on public officials’ civil service code of conduct
– Monitoring of Seoul metropolitan area open system
– Research on anti-corruption and citizens’ participation activation plan
– Survey on Seoul Kang-dong District residents’ integrity awareness
– Survey on Seoul metropolitan area affiliated organisations’ implementation of integrity pacts
– Research on the degree of improvement of anti corruption and integrity in public enterprise

3) Anti-Corruption Database Building
– Round-table discussion involving 16 fields of organizations from political, business, police, national defense and other spheres
– Anti-corruption map: presentation regarding the global corruption perception index

Educational and Cultural Anti-Corruption and Transparency Movements/Activities

1) Anti-Corruption and Transparency Education
– Anti-corruption corruption training for lecturers
– National Auditing Agency system and education
– Anti-corruption education for the Central Administration Agency, local government organizations, and public enterprises
– Youth anti-corruption educational sessions were held in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province’s middle and high schools
– Transparent society instructor training course for Busan and Daegu region’s civil society organization activists

2) Anti-Corruption and Transparency Publicity
– Distribution of anti-corruption guides and other anti-corruption publications
– Distribution and publication of anti-corruption books and pamphlets geared towards youth
– Publishing K-PACT informational pamphlets for wider distribution
– Monthly publication of “Transparent Society” magazine
– Publication of “Transparency Society Instructor Training Course” instructional materials

3) Exercising a Culture of Citizen Participation
– Holding an international anti-corruption film festival
– Holding an anti-corruption quiz tournament
– Holding an anti-corruption parody exhibition
– Cambodia study tour

Developing a Fixed and Transparent Business Culture Through Ethical Management
1) Survey of Domestic Businesses’ Implementation of Business Ethics Principles
– Survey of 20 major businesses’ actual implementation of ethical principles
– Questionnaire survey on venture businesses’ adherence to ethical principles
– Survey of 300 major businesses’ actual implementation of ethical principles

2) Business Ethics School
– Creating a culture of good business ethics by strategically supervising domestic enterprises
– Understanding the reality of business ethics by developing a business ethics index
– Standardizing and promulgating an anti-corruption and ethical management system

Creating a Transparent Society with National, Governmental, and Business Sectors
1) Clean Korea 21
2000-2001: 30 organizations – agencies, independent governmental organizations, business, civil society organizations, etc. participated in an exhibition of anti-corruption systems and activities, and anti-corruption awareness raising
– 2003: 11th National Anti-Corruption Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Art Exhibition
– 2004: Public, Political, Business, and Civil Society sectors collaborated in developing K-PACT
– 2005: Proposed K-PACT to the government, political, financial, and civil society sectors
– 2006: Promulgated the Youth Anti-Corruption Education and International Anti-Corruption Day Campaign

Implementing and Broadening K-PACT
1) Broadening K-PACT
– Proposing and concluding K-PACT with government, national assembly, business, and civil society organizations
– Participating in a joint meeting with the K-PACT Council, Executive Council, and local government
– Evaluating the results of K-PACT’s implementation in each sector

2) Concluding and Promoting K-PACT in the Seoul Region
– Seoul PACT CSO promotion inaugural meeting
– Establishing a ‘Transparent Seoul Citizen’ round-table discussion
– Proposing K-PACT to the Seoul regional public, business, and education sectors

International Anti-Corruption Activities
1) Introducing Anti-Corruption and Transparency Activities
– Introducing integrity pacts and TI-Korea’s anti-corruption activities to Northern Asia
– Promoting international anti-corruption publicly through and English anti-corruption newsletter
– Producing Transparency International models and anti-corruption related materials in CD-Rom format for wide-distribution
– Openly participating as a contributor in anti-corruption related international conferences

2) Holding International Anti-Corruption Workshops and Forums
– TI Annual General Meeting, East Asia Regional Meeting, and workshops held in Seoul
– International Anti-Corruption Youth Forum held in Seoul
– Participating in the US NDI (National Democratic Institute – non-profit organization) International Workshop held in the US.
– TI NIS (National Integrated System) Workshop held in Seoul
3) Participating in International Anti-Corruption Activities
– Participating in UN and OECD NGO activities
– Presenting the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), and Bribery Perceptions Index (BPI)
– Participated in the Japanese National Citizen Ombudsman General Meeting and US Ombudsman Association educational courses
– Participated in the TI Advisory Committee Commission, the Board of Directors election, and the current Board of Directors’ activities
– Collaborated with TI East Asia regional activities