Gov't launches anti-corruption training for Zimbabwe officials

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission headquarters at Government Complex Sejong / Yonhap

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) began a four-day anti-corruption capacity-building training program for Zimbabwean government officials Tuesday, jointly organized with the Korea International Cooperation Agency.

The training, running through June 19, is a follow-up to a memorandum of understanding signed in March 2025 between the commission and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).

Twelve officials from the Zimbabwean body are taking part, ranging from a minister-level commissioner to bureau directors and working-level staff.

The program is designed to share Korea's internationally recognized anti-corruption systems and build participants' capacity to design and implement anti-corruption policy from the ground up.

On the sidelines, ACRC Chairperson Jeong Il-yeon is set to hold a bilateral meeting with ZACC Commissioner Patrick Tendai Mukorera to discuss deepening cooperation between the two countries.

Korea has become a widely cited model for simultaneously achieving rapid economic growth and improving public sector integrity.

The country's ranking on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index improved from 52nd out of 180 countries in 2016 to 31st in 2025, drawing sustained interest from developing nations.

The training will spotlight two flagship programs: the Comprehensive Integrity Assessment of Public Institutions, which evaluates and diagnoses the integrity level of government bodies and won a U.N. Public Service Award in 2012, and the Corruption Impact Assessment, which screens legislation and regulations for corruption-prone factors before they take effect. The two programs have been transferred to a combined 19 countries.

This year's training schedule also included a session held for Ethiopia last April and a planned multicountry program for Senegal, Guinea, Togo and Benin in September.

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.