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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed Technical Assistance (TA) of USD 300,000, for strengthening the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) under the “ADB’s Development Partnership Program for South Asia (RETA 6337): Strengthening Bhutan’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) (Subproject 22)” in October 2011. The TA is to assist ACC in implementing the following programs:

The Director along with two officials of the ACC visited Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi, India from 30th July to 2nd August, 2012. During the four day visit, the team visited CBI facilities and interacted with CBI officials in terms of collaboration in capacity building. Bhutanese law enforcement officials have been availing training courses from the CBI Academy in the past. 

The ACC has been operating from two different locations for almost 3 years. It now has a new facility. It is located at Kawajangsa (in the vicinity of Ministry of Health, National Land Commission, Royal Audit Authority & World Wild Life Fund), about 1.5 km from the main town. The construction works began in November 2009 at a contract amount of Nu.63.9 million. Government of India (GoI) generously funded the construction.

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An ACC team led by the Chairperson (as a concerned elderly citizen) interacted with the 4^th batch of 113 Desuungs (26 civil servants, 20 private/corporate sector employees and 67 graduates). A few officials from the armed forces also attended the session.

The Good Governance Committee presented the Anti-Corruption Commission’s Annual Report 2011 to the National Council on July 3, 2012. 

During the course of discussion, most of the members shared their concerns over the slump of Bhutan’s ranking in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from 37^th in 2010 to 39^th in 2011 (in effect it is status quo). However, some questioned the credibility of such assessment and felt the need to understand the parameters used by TI.

The Chief Public Education Officer and Assistant Human Resource Officer along with fourteen other participants from the Royal University of Bhutan attended the “Orientation Workshop on Human Values and Professional Ethics” (Jeevan Vidya Shivir) organized by the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad from 23^rd to 30^th June 2012.