Creating Transparency across Public and Private Sectors (KR0058)

Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? Enhance transparency / Citizen participation / Government accountability

What is the public problem that the commitment will address? •The Korean government has implemented anti-corruption and integrity policies such as the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the Code of Conduct for Public Officials and Anti-corruption Initiative Assessment, thereby achieving substantial improvements in terms of anti-corruption (according to the ACRC Corruption Perceptions Survey, the proportion of respondents who had been offered money, goods and/or entertainment was below 2%). •As a result, in the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, Korea earned a record high score and improved 12 notches in terms of global ranking (51st→45th→39th out of 180 countries) within the span of 2 years. In the Index of Public Integrity (IPI) released by the European Research Center for Anti-corruption and State-building (ERCAS), Korea ranked 20th among 117 countries, coming 2nd among Asian nations. •However, this is far below what the international community expects of Korea as an OECD member and the general public still perceives Korean society to be corrupt. •In the future, nations with transparent cultures and systems will survive global competition between countries and enrich their citizens’ lives. Therefore, efforts to improve the integrity of our society and gain social trust to secure a sustainable future have taken on the utmost importance. •The interest and active participation of all members of society is essential in enhancing integrity since the government’s efforts alone will not be sufficient. The government aims to enhance the integrity of our society by expanding communication and cooperation with the private sector (CSOs, private companies, citizens, etc.) along with the public sector, leading by example to enhance the public’s trust.

What is the commitment? •(Commitment) Under the fourth NAP, Korea established a public-private governance framework on anti-corruption and integrity (the central Public-Private Consultative Council for Transparent Society and Public-Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society in each of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces) and signed the Transparent Society Pact for each governing entity. Building on these efforts, the fifth NAP will 1) promote ways to secure sustainability and efficiently operate public-private governance, 2) secure implementation drivers by examining and evaluating efforts of major central government ministries and public institutions participating in the Public-Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces to promote the spread of transparent culture and implement the Transparent Society Pact, 3) expand activities to spread a culture of transparency across CSOs and companies. •(Expected effect) The commitment is expected to create a virtuous cycle where citizens and the government can create a more transparent society together, with public institutions ensuring fairer and more transparent administration and management, public officials leading by example to gain the public’s trust and inducing participation from the private sector (CSOs, companies, local residents, etc.).

How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? •Promote ways to secure sustainability and efficiently manage public-private governance integrity - Elevate the status of the legal grounds for the establishment and management of central and local Public Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society from a Prime Minister’s Directive to the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission. - Streamline the decision-making process (from 3 phases to 2 phases) of the central Public-Private Consultative Council for Transparent Society to boost its policy suggestion and discussion functions and involve experts in the policy making process, if necessary, to improve the quality of policy suggestions. - Carry out consulting for institutions participating in local Public-Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society to share understanding on integrity and to promote transparent administration and management. Promote active exchanges between central and local Public-Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society to share the outcomes of policy suggestions. •Secure implementation drivers by examining and evaluating the efforts by public institutions to implement the Transparent Society Pact. - Reflect 1) efforts to spread transparent culture in the private sector, 2) indicators assessing public-private good governance activities (9 points out of 100) in the Anti-corruption Initiative Assessment which evaluates public institutions’ efforts in implementing anticorruption and integrity policies. •Target of assessment for 2020 (264 public institutions): 38 central government ministries, 226 public institutions (local governments, local offices of education, public medical institutions, public universities and public service-related organizations) participating in the Public-Private Consultative Councils for Transparent Society in each of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces •Expand activities to spread a culture of transparency across CSOs and private companies - Foster and support private organizations to promote the spread of transparent culture and empower citizens in their respective fields (150 million ~ 200 million won in funding every year, selected and supported on an annual basis) - Distribute monthly newsletters on anti-corruption and integrity issues, which also provide information on ethical management for private companies. Provide ethical management lectures to SMEs that have relatively weaker ethical management capabilities (around 20 lectures per year).

Exchange and Peer Learning N/A

Additional Information Relevant to Government Policy Task 2. To carry out anti-corruption reform for a corruption-free Korea

Milestone Activity with a Verifiable Deliverable Start Date End Date Establish legal grounds for the establishment of the (central) PublicPrivate Consultative Council for Transparent Society September 1, 2020 August 31, 2022 Streamline the decision-making process of the (central) PublicPrivate Consultative Council for Transparent Society and improve the quality of policy suggestions (by involving experts in the process) September 1, 2020 August 31, 2022 Establish an assessment system to evaluate activities to promote the spread of a culture of transparency and the implementation of the Transparent Society Pact September 1, 2020 August 31, 2022 (assessed on an annual basis, to continue indefinitely) Foster and support private organizations’efforts to spread a culture of transparency September 1, 2020 August 31, 2022 (continued every year) Support ethical management for private companies (newsletter, lectures) September 1, 2020 August 31, 2022 (continued every year)

Action Plan Review

Commitment 8. Create a transparent society through collaboration between citizens and government

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Modest