ICAC gets help with complaints

**Chair of the interim PNG ICAC Thomas Eluh speaking during the workshop in Port Moresby last week. – Picture supplied**

Papua New Guinea interim Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is working with regional experts on anti-corruption complaints handling to ensure efficient and quick processing of complaints by citizens.
A three-day Port Moresby workshop last week, presented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the ICAC, and supported by the European Union, aimed to develop a draft policy and procedure for handling incoming complaints about corrupt conduct.
“The people of Papua New Guinea need to be assured that ICAC is working hard to adopt best international practices in complaint handling so we are ready to give the best possible service to citizens once we begin full operations, expected in 2023,” said Thomas Eluh, chair of the interim PNG ICAC.
ICAC was working with experts from UNODC, the UN development programme (UNDP), the Fiji independent commission against corruption, the Indonesian corruption eradication commission, the Malaysian anti-corruption commission, the Australian commission for law enforcement integrity and the PNG-based Australian Federal Police.
According to UNODC, the workshop would support ICAC adopt a world-class fit-for-purpose complaints handling system.
This would help ICAC to be operational in accordance with the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) recommendations, standards and good practices.