SYNOPSIS

The talk aims to explain the importance of integrity in Malaysia.   The National Integrity Plan (NIP) was launched on 23rd of April 2004 with a detailed plan to achieve the 4th challenge outlined in Vision 2020, that is “the challenge of establishing a fully moral and ethical society, whose citizens are strong in religious and spiritual values and imbued with the highest of ethical standards”. On the same date, The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (INTEGRITI) was inaugurated to coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the NIP. The plan, dubbed as The Turtle Model, focuses on 8 main institutions, i.e. family, community, civil society, socio-cultural, religious, economic, political, and administration. Throughout the last 12 years since its establishment, INTEGRITI has hosted and initiated various programmes and activities across the districts and states, at national and international levels to help promote and create awareness towards achieving the country’s vision which is to become a nation of high integrity. The speaker will also make some comparison with other countries and point out why we should care about integrity in our country.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff is President & CEO of The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (INTEGRITI). He was formerly Principal Fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) of UKM. Datuk Dr. Anis has also served over 10 years at the Uni  ted Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and at the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Headquarters in Bonn, Germany. He holds a PhD from the National University of Malaysia and MSc in Information Management and Technology from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Among his many positions, he has served on the Advisory Panel for the Consultation and Prevention of Corruption of MACC, the National Advisory Consumer Council and the National Unity and Integration Training Institute. On 15.10.2014, he was appointed by DYMM Yang Di Pertuan Agong as a Commissioner of the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC). Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal is also a council member of IDEAS and member of the Board of Certification for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy CEIO Training Programme.