A booth visitor participated in playing the anti corruption roulette game.
Anti-Corruption Festival 2014 attempt to mobilise a national SPAK movement
On 9-12 December 2014, AIPJ joined the KPK’s (The Corruption Eradication Commission) range of events to commemorate International Anti Corruption Day. The events was held at Graha Sabha Pramana, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta and was officially opened by President Joko Widodo. The day was recognized across the country with the President reiterating the need for a clean and simple bureaucracy as part of efforts to eradicate corruption. "This is the right time to uphold integrity and make corruption a common enemy," said the head of KPK Abraham Samad at the opening.
On the first day, AIPJ held a national seminar on the Saya, Perempuan Anti Korupsi! movement, with over 900 participants from a variety of backgrounds including students, womens organisations, academics, teachers, parents, and SPAK agents. Presenters Selly Martini from Indonesia Corruption Watch and Gandjar Laksmana from University of Indonesia and SPAK agents from NTB shared experiences in spreading the anti corruption movement in their neighborhoods.
To date, there are six regions implementing the SPAK approach in NTB, Makassar, Jakarta, Bogor, Yogyakarta and Bandung. Many interesting and inspiring stories from other regions have encouraged them to share experiences in larger forums that can bring this movement into a national movement, to spread the spirit of preventing corruption to more women.
The movement was launched on April 2014 with the aim of involving more women and women's organisations in protecting themselves from corruption and becoming agents of change. Anti-corruption educational tools were introduced, including DVDs, books and games for women to use in conducting anti-corruption education in their communities and creating a wave of corruption prevention activities. A training of trainers (ToT) was held in NTB as a pilot for women from various backgrounds to create a pool of facilitators who can skillfully deliver the anti-corruption education. They then became focal points in each of their communities. Facilitators will eventually able to disseminate their skills to more people without depending on the Commission's direction and AIPJ’s support.
Besides the seminar, AIPJ held a gathering of SPAK agents to share stories and work on upcoming plans. A session about women and corruption was held with Minister Susi Pudjiastuti as speaker and an exhibition was also held the whole four days attracting more than 1000 visitors every day, who came to discuss AIPJ and KPK's activities to prevent corruption, playing anti-corruption games, watching videos of anti corruption activities, and writing about their hopes for corruption eradication in Indonesia.
