– ACRC signed an MOU with Public Procurement Service on Oct. 2 to spread a culture of integrity in public procurement market

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan) signed an MOU on Oct. 2 with the Public Procurement Service (Administrator Baek Seung-bo) at the PPS main conference room, Government Daejeon Complex Building 3, to establish an integrity-driven public procurement market and enhance integrity of private procurement companies.

The two agencies jointly pursued the MOU to improve fairness and transparency in the public procurement market by mutual cooperation on: supporting integrity training for private procurement companies; sharing and promoting anti-corruption and integrity policies; encouraging and spreading voluntary implementation of ethical management by procurement firms; and identifying improvement tasks to entrench an integrity culture in public procurement.

In particular, when each agency conducts training programs related to contract, they will provide each other with expert instructors, thereby ensuring the professionalism of integrity training for procurement companies while simultaneously improving contract-related practical skills and anti-corruption capabilities of officers in charge of contract affairs.

<Examples of mutual support for professional instructors for training programs between ACRC and PPS>

■ (Led by ACRC) Courses to enhance anti-corruption capabilities of contract officers (for public officials) ⇨ PPS provides professional instructors

■ (Led by PPS) Three courses including practical training on multiple-supplier contracts (for private procurement companies) ⇨ ACRC provides instructors with expertise

ACRC Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan said, “Through this MOU, I expect a synergistic effect in enhancing the fairness and transparency of the public procurement market by linking the ACRC’s various anti-corruption policies and activities with procurement operations.