Detailed Information :

Korea

Year: 2005

Participants:

Public sector (e.g. Prime Minister; Minister of Justice; Chairman of Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption; Speaker of National Assembly; Chairman of URI Party; Congressman of Hannara Party, Congressman of New Millennium Democratic Party); private sector (e.g. President of Federation of Korean Industries, Chairman of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Chairman of Korea Employers Federation, Chairman and CEO of Korea International Trade Association) and civil society (e.g. President of Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, President of Transparency International-Korea, President of Korean Bar Association).

Project Phase: Long-term Initiative

Scope:

• The K-Pact is a multi-stakeholder alliance committed to reduce corruption in Korea. The alliance promotes the implementation of regional and sectorial anti- corruption declarations.

Key Facts:

Objectives

• Enhances transparency and promotes anti- corruption efforts across Korea.
• Form anti- corruption alliances that bring together the private, public and civil society sectors.

Description

• The Korean Pact on Anti-Corruption and Transparency (K- Pact) is a principle-based initiative that was signed between leaders from the public, private civil sector. Since the signing of the K pact in March 2005, sectorial pacts have been concluded in the fields of construction, health social welfare, finance and education. Several regional pacts have been signed.

• Due to advocacy efforts, 16 K pacts related anti- corruption laws have been enacted or revised. The K-Pact also played a major role in the establishment of UN Global Compact Network.

Graph of stakeholder relationship:

Key Learning:

• To enhance transparency across Korea it was crucial that the K-Pact activity involved all stakeholder groups, including the private sector.
• Working with an international organization such as the UN Global Compact helped the K-Pact to become a strong alliance.

Mechanisms:

• The K-Pact is based upon a voluntary participation and cooperation of political, private, public and civil society. Violators of the pact are named in public
• The Council for the K- Pact was established to raise levels of cooperation among parties to the K-Pact, to promote implementation of Pacts in different sectors and regions and to overlook the performance of the K-Pact

• Cost: Each party covers its own.

Benefits:

• The K-Pact was able to raise public awareness about transparency and corruption issues in Korea
• By building coalitions and supporting activities across diverse sectors, the K-Pact was able to strengthen transparency mechanisms across stakeholder groups

 

Links:

K-Pact 2007 Annual Report

Sources:

• K- Pact Website / K-Pact Evaluation of the Performance Brochure / Committee on Government Innovation & Decentralization (PCGID)