Back- Public universities and research institutes evaluated biennially to be included in evaluation targets
- A comprehensive integrity evaluation to also be conducted for all local councils this year to focus efforts on improving entrenched corruption-prone areas in local settings
- Final plan for the comprehensive integrity assessment to be confirmed after gathering opinions from various institutions... Results to be announced in December
(Feb. 26, 2025, ACRC)
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan) finalized the 2025 Basic Plan for the Comprehensive Integrity Assessment of Public Institutions on the 24th.
This year’s comprehensive integrity assessment targets 721 institutions, including public universities and research institutes which were excluded from last year’s assessment as they are assessed biennially. The assessment framework will remain the same as the previous year, incorporating three areas: Perceived Integrity; Integrity Effort; and Corruption Status (deductions), to compute and announce the comprehensive integrity grade.
In the case of local councils, which were fully evaluated last year for the first time across 243 councils, their integrity scores for 2024 were found lacking compared to administrative agencies and public service-related organizations. As such, all local councils will once again be included in this year’s evaluation to improve entrenched corruption-vulnerable areas in local governance.
The assessment measures the public’s perceived integrity regarding local councils through surveys on ▴perceptions of corruption in unfair job performance and ▴experiences with corruption involving demands, exchanges, or promises of money and goods. Meanwhile, eight indicators assess the efforts in integrity policies, such as ▴policy implementation systems, ▴performance outcomes, and ▴policy effectiveness.
Particularly, this year sees the introduction of bonus indicators for establishing anti-corruption and integrity education programs and the number of education completions at public universities to enhance the integrity awareness of future generations. Furthermore, ongoing support for government tasks are to be ensured through continuous operation related to the establishment of fair recruitment standards and the enhancement of the public financial recovery system.
Additionally, the plan includes maintaining indicators that facilitate the improvement of integrity levels in the public sector through the sharing and dissemination of exemplary anti-corruption policies from various institutions.
Building on the basic plan announced today, ACRC will broadly collect opinions from different institutions, finalize the implementation plan in April, and introduce it into the evaluation procedure. From August, surveys on perceived integrity will be conducted, from October, evaluations of integrity efforts and corruption status will be carried out, and the final evaluation results will be announced in December.
Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan of the ACRC stated, “Through the comprehensive integrity assessment, we have prepared a basic plan to enable institutions at all levels to focus their efforts on improving corruption-vulnerable areas.” He further noted, “As the overarching anti-corruption agency, the ACRC will continue to support the promotion of anti-corruption integrity policies by institutions at all levels to enhance national integrity.”
Source: Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
