Short Term AwardAustralia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication

Short Term Award Program

The Australia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication Short Term Award (STA) was delivered over a two week period in Australia from 19 October to 30 October 2015 by The University of Queensland’s International Development (UQID) unit. The Award was delivered to 23 Awardees from Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesian National Police (POLRI), Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), Board of Supervisors Finance and Development (BPKP), and the West Java Attorney-General’s Office. The Awardees were comprised of mid-ranking investigators, prosecutors, police officers and bureaucrats (Echelons III and IV).

The Award aimed to improve participants’ capacity to strengthen corruption prevention strategies and support the development of more efficient investigation of cases of alleged corruption at different levels. It comprised classroom sessions, guest lectures, facilitated workshops, scenario-based exercises, case studies and institutional visits. UQID drew on an extremely diverse and senior range of experts including: UQ academics, former and current policy practitioners, senior officers from anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies, investigators, legal practitioners, analysts and journalists. This best practice content was delivered in fields as varied as corruption prevention, institutional strengthening, investigative techniques, transnational legal frameworks, corruption and gender, values and ethical codes, money laundering and beneficial ownership.

The Award was led by Professor Simon Bronitt, Deputy Dean (Research) and Deputy Head of TC Beirne School of Law at UQ. Professor Bronitt’s research expertise in criminal justice topics including comparative criminal law, covert policing and policing corruption added much to the Awardees’ learning experience as did his extensive contacts and standing across the academic, judicial and law enforcement communities. Also from the UQ Law School, Dr Ashutosh Misra, played a central role in facilitating Awardees’ access to Australian research, oversight and law enforcement bodies. He further shared his expertise on sports corruption as well as insights into India’s corruption prevention context with participants.

Key Elements

Pre-course workshop in Bandung

Two week course at the University of Queensland

Institutional visits to anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies in Brisbane and Canberra

Presentation of personal Award Projects

Canberra networking dinner and panel discussion with representatives of Australian Law Enforcement Agencies, Commonwealth Departments and universities

Ongoing engagement via electronic discussion and follow-up assessment of Short Term Award Projects

AAI Corruption Eradication Short Term Awardees, UQID delivery staff and Australia Awards Indonesia representative Janne Laukkala at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, Brisbane, October 2015. Photo: The University of Queensland.

Mr Michael Wilson Assistant Secretary (Governance, Growth and Fragility) DFAT poses a question to the panel during a Networking Dinner for the Australia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication Short Term Award on ‘Building Trust in Cross-border Policing and Justice Cooperation’ From left participant - Muhammad Idris Froyoto Sihite (West Java Attorney-General’s Office); Nazludin Zulkifli (Police Attaché, Indonesian Embassy); and Major (Police) Bhakti Suhendarwan (Criminal Investigations Agency, Bareskrim), University House Canberra, 26 October.

Co-leading the Short Course was The Honourable Paul Lucas, Former Deputy Premier and Attorney-General of Queensland and former Chair of Queensland’s Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee [the parliamentary oversight committee over the (then) Criminal Justice Commission the State institution responsible for integrity and corruption matters] and former Attorney General. Mr Lucas’ context- setting discussions on the far-reaching, legal, institutional and policy implications of Queensland’s ‘Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct’ (The Fitzgerald Inquiry) were of high interest to Awardees as was his content on corruption prevention, institution building and dealing with threats to the integrity process.

Key to the Award program was the establishment of professional networks in Australia for anti-corruption practitioners to draw upon in order to improve the technical, policy, legal and investigative processes which underpin corruption prevention and repression in Indonesia. A highlight of the Award was a Canberra networking event featuring former Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty AO APM. Mr Keelty delivered the keynote address on ‘Building Trust in Cross-Border Justice and Policing’, drawing on his extensive law enforcement collaborations with POLRI. The dinner also included representatives from Australian Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), Commonwealth departments and academics from The University of Queensland and Australian National University. In addition, to Mick Keelty, Dr Tim Legrand from the Australian National University’s National Security College and Dr Ashutosh Misra (UQ) contributed as panel discussants.

Corruption Eradication Awardees further maximised their learning and networking opportunities through visits to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Academy, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the Australian Sports Commission. At the QPS Academy, Awardees engaged directly with police personnel on interviewing techniques, discussed public sector corruption in Australia at the AIC, and received a briefing on the AIS’ Sports Integrity Capability Program.

At Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), Awardees were fortunate to receive comprehensive briefings on complaints mechanisms, case categorisation, investigations, police disciplinary matters, prosecutions and financial investigations from the senior executive. The session was also attended by CCC Chairman Alan MacSporran QC who accepted a gift from Awardees.

The Corruption Eradication Award will conclude with a symposium on ‘Regional Approaches to Corruption Prevention’ in Jakarta in February 2016, followed by a Post-Course Workshop. At the Workshop, Awardees will report on the implementation progress of their Award Projects on various topics including: Improving the ability to Identify Suspicious Bank Transactions to Law Enforcement Cooperation between the KPK and Australian Authorities in Combating Corruption; and Developing a Corruption Risk Profile for the Jakarta Special Administrative Area (DKI Jakarta).

Contact person: Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller, Manager, Governance and Public Policy g.nabbskeller@uq.edu.au

Participant Case StudyMs Christelina (Chrystel) Sitompul, KPK

Christelina (Chrystel) Sitompul is a public relations specialist at the KPK who impressed the Course Leaders with her Award Project presentation on ‘Gaining Public Participation Through On-line Community: Citizen Journalism as a Function of Public Control’. Chrystel’s Award Project recognised the power of Indonesia’s online community to report on corrupt conduct. She aims to encourage citizen journalism by creating tools and guidelines on how ordinary citizens can participate in the anti-corruption movement and refine existing media to accommodate public participation. The UQID delivery team looks forward to an update on the progress of Chrystel’s and her colleagues’ Award Projects at the Post-Course Workshop in February 2016.

Keynote speaker, former Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty AO APM, highlights the critical importance of personal relationships in bilateral policing cooperation at a Networking event held for participants of an Australia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication short term award delivered by UQ International Development, Canberra, 26 October 2015.

Australia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication Awardee, Afief Yulian Miftach shares a laugh with ANU Associate Professor Mark Nolan during a Canberra Networking Dinner and Panel Discussion on ‘Building Trust in Cross-border Policing and Justice Cooperation’. The Canberra Networking Event formed a key part of an Australia Awards Indonesia Corruption Eradication award delivered by UQ International Development from 19-30 October 2015.

AAI Corruption Eradication Awardees with Queensland Police Service Academy Chief, Superintendent Debbie Platz, Brisbane, 21 October 2015. Photo: The University of Queensland.