THE 2023 ASEAN-PAC Capac­ity-Building Workshop of ASE­AN-PAC member countries took place in Jakarta, Indone­sia, on 30 and 31 May, and the delegation led by Anti-Corrup­tion Commission Member U Aung Myint Lwin participated in it.

The workshop was held un­der the theme "Anti-Corrup­tion Education and Corruption Prevention Strategies on a Na­tional Scale", and participants discussed sharing experiences, challenges and good practices between experts and imple­menters regarding anti-corrup­tion education, development of a legal framework for cor­ruption prevention in member countries, prevention of corrup­tion using digital technology and public participation.

At the workshop, Commis­sion Member U Aung Myint Lwin clarified the commission’s legal framework development activities to combat corruption, the status of implementation of educational programmes to promote awareness and integ­rity by drawing the anti-cor­ruption strategic plan (2022- 2025), cooperation in promoting righteousness to accelerate corruption prevention activi­ties on a national scale, per­formance and achievement of the edutainment programme to promote integrity in coopera­tion with the Ministry of Educa­tion, future plans, experiences, and challenges.

Then, ASEAN-PAC mem­ber countries discussed the prevention and awareness cam­paigns and the establishment of a legal framework to raise awareness of anti-corruption through the education sector. Myanmar has been fully partic­ipating in international cooper­ation since becoming a member of ASEAN-PAC. — MNA/CT