Singapore,Japan launch anti corruption training for Afghans

Singapore and Japan are jointly organizing the first anti corruption training for senior Afghan government officials in Singapore this week, turning into reality a plan that was announced by the Japanese government last year.A group of 18 Afghan officials are taking part in the five-day seminar that begins today -marking the first collaboration between Japan and Singapore in providing technical assistance to Afghanistan in public governance and anticorruption, Singapore's Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.The plan was announced by then Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul in July last year.

Japan and Singapore will share their experiences in running clean governments during the seminar, which is jointly sponsored by Singapore's Foreign Ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and conducted by the Singapore Civil Service College.Seminar will include site visits to Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Supreme Court.Two Japanese professors from Meiji University will explain the evolution of the Japanese system of government and its experience in managing corruption.The project comes under an existing Japan-Singapore partnership agreement to provide technical assistance to developing countries.Media-agencies