The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) have collaborated to provide corruption eradication education to tertiary students. Within this program, KPK and USAID will provide materials and video recording equipment to support a learning program involving the recording of corruption case court hearings. One university that has gained this support is Sahid University, Jakarta, the only private university from the five universities chosen.
The other universities are North Sumatra University (Medan), Sriwijaya University (Palembang), Hasanudin University (Makassar), and Airlangga University (Surabaya).
The provision of video recording equipment for these court hearings builds upon KPK's previous educational programs with these universities. The agreement was formalized in a MoU signed on 3 November 2008 at Hotel Haris, Jakarta.
The MoU was signed by Jonathan Simon (The Head of Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold Program for Indonesia Control of Corruption Project), Dr Paul Simonett (USAID), and Syamsa Ardisasmita (KPK Deputy for Information and Data), together with representatives from the universities.
One of the agreements in the MoU is for an eductational exercise involving the recording a corruption hearing, legal research and legal analysis. In addition exercises for university lecturers and students were held on three days from 3 – 6 November 2008 at Hotel Haris Jakarta.
One of the partners in this MoU, The Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold Program for Indonesia Control of Corruption Project, is a USAID supported project that supports the Indonesian government in eradicating corruption.
Their wide reaching program will run over two years and will focus on the implementation of projects, reform of judicial systems, developing on-line procurement systems, and strengthening the capacity of two strategic institutions, The Center for Reporting and Analyzing Financial Transactions (PPATK) and KPK.
Vice Director of Sahid University, Prof Giyatmi, said that this agreement was positive. “With this collaboration, a number of different organizations can contribute to the anti-corruption effort in Indonesia. This program should involve many different organizations as possible and be supported by all,” he said.
Giyatmi said that KPK and Sahid University had worked together over the past two years. During this time, the main focus had been on familiarization of corruption eradication.
During this period, students and lecturers were given training by KPK on the problem of corruption and its eradication. “Following this we were given the responsibility of spreading that knowledge to senior high school students. This was done so that the knowledge of corruption and also behavioral values and ethics necessary to prevent corrupt behavior were more widely dispersed,” he stated.
Corruption eradication, Giyatmi continued, is important to Sahid University. This collaboration between Sahid University and KPK will continue to develop into the future. “At an upcoming graduation ceremony, the Chairman of KPK, Antasari Azhar, has offered to give a speech on corruption eradication. This is very much appreciated,” he said.
The secretary of the Law Faculty of Sahid University, Lisa Marina, said that although there are no particular courses on corruption, these issues are included in the material of a number of other courses that are closely related to corruption such as Corporate Crime and Criminal Law.
“In addition to a few visits by KPK representatives, KPK has provided material for specific courses of study especially related to corruption and its eradication. I feel that this partnership should be further developed and established more permanently,” she concluded.
Source and Photo : Seputar Indonesia, 10 November 2008
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