Department of Government Ethics

      Incorruption is the most valuable principle for Taipei City Government (TCG). To reveal our great determination in upholding the principle and to be brought in line with United Nations’ grand annual “1209 International Anti-Corruption Day”, Taipei City Government has been celebrating the "International Anti-Corruption Day in Taipei" with a series of activities since 2005. Through collaboration with the private sector, non-governmental organizations, schools, community colleges and anti-corruption volunteers and such, we have been organizing large scale anti-corruption activities to display TCG’s achievements of “corruption eradication, corruption prevention and anti-corruption education”. In response to the theme of the 2012 International Anti-Corruption Day activities, “Civil Participating, Crystal Clear Taipei,” starting on April 25th and running through December 9th, six activities in a row spotlighting different aspects of the theme were held.

      These activities were organized by the TCG, Agency Against Corruption of Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, Transparency International Chinese Taipei and community colleges in Taipei City, as well as Department of Government Ethics of TCG, Department of Education of TCG, Taipei City Police Department, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, Department of Civil Affairs of TCG, Taipei City Hospital, Department of Information Technology of TCG, Department of Health of TCG, Regional Offices of Taipei City, and many other agencies. Public Awareness on the theme had been strengthened through sharing and discussions covering issues on ethics, transparency, and accountability.

      Activities this year comprise six major events, and in this part we include Administrative Transparency Forum and Exhibition of the 4th Award of Transparent Administration integrating with 2012 Taipei IT Month Expo. Summaries are provided below:

      Administrative Transparency Forum In Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2012 by Transparency International, Taiwan scores 61 points, ranked 37th among 176 countries and 4th among East Asian countries, preceded by Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.
Administrative Transparency is one criterion, which not only defends the public rights to know, but offers access to exterior supervision to prompt the public sector to maintain incorrupt; thus the best action taken would be the advocacy and realization of administrative transparency, which happens to be the key factor affecting Taiwan’s CPI performance.

      And that’s exactly what TCG and the Agency Against Corruption(AAC) of Ministry of Justice(MOJ) are seeking for. On April 25, 2012 Northern Taiwan Administrative Transparency Forum was held at International Conference Hall on the 3rd floor of National Central Library (NCL) as an attempt to changes. Distinguished speakers that day were Ye Yizhang, Executive Director of Transparency International Chinese Taipei (TI-CT), addressing the Forum on “The Common Framework of Good Public Governance and Incorrupt Governance: Integrity, Transparency and Accountability”, Li Xianheng, former Commissioner of the Public Works Department(PWD) of TCG, on “Achievements of Imposing Administrative Transparency Measures by Public Works Department of TCG and PWD’s Subordinate Divisions”, and Xie Ligong, Director-General of National Immigration Agency (NIA) of Ministry of the Interior, on “How Can Administrative Transparency Provide for Interviews an Effective Transparent Management Mechanism for NIA of Ministry of the Interior. Through developing performance indicators and devising a means of evaluation and examination for administrative transparency by experts, scholars, administrative transparency prize-winning government agencies in a collaborative way, we attempted to whereby make the idea universal to government departments all over the country.

      In addition, TCG and AAC organized "National Administrative Transparency Forum" at Zhong Zheng Auditorium of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall on July 21, 2012. In addition to inviting Huang Yabang Secretary-General of Examination Yuan, Lin Qinglong Auditor-General of National Audit Office, Zeng Jinling Minister of Veterans Affairs Commission, Zhang Boya Chairperson of Central Election Commission, Wang Jinwang Minister of Coast Guard Administration, and Zhou Gongxin former Director of National Palace Museum, we also had Zeng Yongfu, Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Chen Weiren, Deputy Mayor of TCG to deliver their remarks. Putting forth on ways to promote administrative transparency among government departments, Yang Shijin, Deputy Director-General of AAC, broached the subject and was followed by Chen Junming Standing Board Member of TI-CT with his lecture on “Introduction to Administrative Transparency Issues Relating Public Governance Indicators ”. Besides, as a case study for all government agencies, Ding Yuqun, Commissioner of TCG Department of Urban Development, shared enforcement experiences of transparency measures in the department and its subordinate divisions’ evaluation of building permits.

      The forum had offered a fairly complete description on future prospects for administrative transparency, which led to AAC’s upcoming initial draft for “Principles of Promoting Administrative Transparency in the Executive Yuan(EY) and EY’s Subordinate Agencies”. Relevant education and training will be held to establish substantial measures on information transparency, with a priority list based on public concerns. Administrative transparency indicator deployment and evaluation is expected to complete within two years, and enforce transparent processes with e-government to prevent corruption.

      2012 The Fourth “Award of Transparent Administration” Selection & Achievements Exhibition

      Application for TCG's fourth “Award of Transparent Administration” started from July 16th until August 31st. This year, the competition attracted 37 submissions from 30 government agencies, and 10 outstanding projects were selected based on their respective written reports and presentations by honorary TCG judges from Department of Personnel, Department of Legal Affairs, RDEC (Research, Development and Evaluation Commission), Secretariat, Department of Information Technology, Department of Information and Tourism, and Clean Government Commission from October until November. The winners included “17 Urban Renewal Land Sites at Parcel No.72 5th Subsection, Nanhai Sec., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City ‘Open Implementers Selection System’ and ‘Appraiser Selection system’ Handled by TCG” of the TCG Department of Finance, “Building Line Online Application System” of TCG Department of Urban Development, “Instant tap Water Quality: Quick Online Tap Water Quality Lookup” of Taipei Water Department, “The Bus Real-time Position and Estimated Arrival Time Inquiry Service” of TCG Public Transportation Office, “Easily Pick the Movie You Would Like To Watch Without Lining Up” of Taipei Public Library, “Taipei City Flood Inspection and Reporting Website” of TCG Hydraulic Engineering Office, “Scrapped Vehicle Towing Report and Search System” of TCG Department of Environmental Protection, “Services for Transparent Operation Information of Taipei City Housing Street Level Adjustment Rate” of Taipei Revenue Service, “Safety Inspection Service of Professional Technicians to Hillside Residential Community” of TCG Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, “Taipei Integrated Travel Information Network and Mobile Services” of TCG Department of Information and Tourism (honored with Great Advancement Prize).

      Furthermore, for greater exposure to the considerable numbers of visitors at “IT Month Expo in Taipei” each year, TCG showcased two award-winning cases: “Building Line Online Application System” and “Taipei Integrated Travel Information Network and Mobile Services” during the 2012 Expo. Vice President Wu Dunyi was a major highlight on site. In order to show the transparency measures of the TCG, competition information is posted on the official website for the mass public to effectively monitor the efficiency and quality of administration.