Online Trainings
ANNUAL REPORT 2023
IACA continued offering online training opportunities and learning materials to fulfill the requirements of a dynamic anti-corruption community for efficient and effective learning. These address different anti-corruption and compliance topics in various formats and are available in various languages (English, Spanish, and Russian) to serve a broader audience. The courses are open to the public for enrollment on a designated learning management system. The content was developed and designed in collaboration with renowned academics and experts from diverse geographical, professional, and educational backgrounds.
Instructor-led online trainings
Since its introduction, the instructor led online trainings have attracted more than 440 participants from nearly 64 countries.
Instructor-led online trainings are ideal for working professionals, incorporating both live lectures and self-study materials as the learning methods. The duration of the training sessions ranges from four to six weeks, following a fixed schedule. By employing an engaging and dynamic approach and using the latest software, IACA ensures an experience of online interactive learning. In 2023, nine instructor-led trainings were offered on the following topics:
- Successful Strategies in Whistleblower Casework: New Tools and Approaches for Practitioners and Advocates
- AML/CFT and Anti-Corruption Compliance: Comparative Aspects and Practical Implementation
- Corporate Internal Investigation Techniques
- Business, Human Rights and Anti-Corruption
- Anti-Corruption Compliance Management in Corporate Sector: The quest for effectiveness
- Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Anti-Corruption and Compliance Measures
- Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement
- Anti-Corruption and Compliance: Preventing and Mitigating Corruption in the Corporate Sector
Altogether, 108 participants from 44 countries took part in these training courses. 91 were female professionals who were granted scholarships to attend the trainings as part of the project “Empowering Women through Education to Fight Corruption”, funded by the Swiss König Bauer Gruppe.
In October 2023, the KBA project concluded with a three-day virtual anti-corruption, compliance and leadership conference for 147 women, funded by the Swiss König Bauer Gruppe between 2021 and 2023. The conference featured 13 leading women speakers in anti-corruption and compliance.
Self-paced online courses
Self-paced online courses were viewed by 9,018 enrolments from 7,075 different users, since the launch of this format, indicating that a considerable number of participants are using the opportunity to complete several different courses they come across in the IACA learning management platform.
Self-paced online courses provide learning opportunities for professionals with different levels of experience and backgrounds to enhance their knowledge at their own schedule and pace. In 2023, two additional self-paced courses in two languages (English and Russian) were launched with the financial support of the Russian Federation. These courses are titled “Corporate Liability for Corruption” and “How to Build a Whistleblowing System to Counter Corruption” and are offered free-of-charge.
Other self-paced courses covered the following topics:
- Introduction to Ethics and Integrity Management
- Journalism & the Fight against Corruption: A Holistic Approach
- Using Asset Disclosure to Detect Indicators of Corruption
- Handling Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector
- Introduction to the Conflicts of Interest Management in the Private Sector
- Use of Anti-Corruption Compliance Standards and Guidelines for Designing and Implementing an Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme
- Insights into Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence: A Basic Introduction for Non-Technicians
- Fraud and Corruption Prevention in Public Procurement (jointly developed with UNOPS)