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The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is an international (intergovernmental) organization based in Laxenburg (Lower Austria), 20 km south of Vienna in Austria. It is the first educational institution that focuses on educating professionals on the topics of combatting corruption and anti-corruption measures. Membership of IACA is open to UN-member states and international organizations.

History
The process of creating an International organization focusing on anti-Corruption education dates back to the year 2005, when an Interpol-working group started to discuss such endeavor and was firstly raised publicly in 2006 at an Interpol General Assembly.

IACA was officially launched in 2010 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Interpol, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Republic of Austria, and other stake-holders with the stated goal of preventing and tackling corruption across the world. The founding agreement was signed by 50 states and two international organizations. IACA planned to host the first trainings in fall 2010 and started its first Master program in February 2013. On March 8, 2011 IACA gained the status of an international organization.

Since its creation it is possible for UN-member states to ratify the treaty. The IACA currently has 74 members. IACA, however, could not yet match its envisioned budget, as contributions to its budget depend on voluntary contributions by members that are so far regularly lower than deemed necessary, as already pointed out at the organization’s launching. The Austrian news magazine, News, reported that the IACA posted a budget of €12.98 million for the 2014 financial year and a budget of €13.24M for 2015; while noting that the actual revenues for 2013 were €2.3M and expenditures were around €2.1M.

IACA's relations with Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation were criticized after IACA held its 2014 annual conference in Baku at the time of a governmental crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-corruption activists. According to Correctiv, one of the students at IACA was an Azerbaijani public prosecutor, who worked for the investigating authority that was prosecuting the Azerbaijani anti-corruption activist and journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

Organizational structure and post-secondary education
IACA’s highest decision-making body is the ‘’Assembly of Parties’’ that convenes annually to elect the governing bodies, approve its activities, and set the guidelines for the following year. The academy is represented by the Executive Secretary, who also serves as dean and is directly supervised by the Board of Governors. The election of Mordechai Kremnitzer to IACA’s Board of Governors led to a heated dispute at IACA’s Assembly of Parties in 2012, as the Syrian representative expressed to no avail his opposition towards an Israeli serving at the board. In the end of the year 2015 and the beginning of 2016 IACA underwent a large turnover in staff, when a two digit number of employees left the organization.

In 2018 IACA was offering two Master programs and had a total of approximately 1,600 alumni. IACA’s approach towards its Master programs was described as holistic by the OSCE and the research portal of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance. El Mundo reported that the studies are designed to be interdisciplinary and have a practical dimension.

Members
• 🇦🇫 Afghanistan (2013)

• 🇦🇱 Albania (2011*)

• 🇦🇷 Argentina (2014*)

• 🇦🇲 Armenia (2014)

• 🇦🇺 Australia (2012*)

• 🇦🇹 Austria (2011*)

• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (2012)

• 🇧🇭 Bahrain (2016)

• 🇧🇴 Bolivia (2012*)

• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012)

• 🇧🇼 Botswana (2014)

• 🇧🇷 Brazil (2013*)

• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (2011*)

• 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (2013*)

• 🇰🇭 Cambodia (2013)

• 🇨🇱 Chile (2013*)

• 🇨🇳 China (2014)

• Cote d'Ivoire (2016)

• 🇭🇷 Croatia (2011*)

• 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2011*)

• 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (2011*)

• 🇪🇬 Egypt (2013)

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador (2016)

• 🇫🇮 Finland (2014)

•  Georgia (2015)

• 🇬🇷 Greece (2015*)

• 🇬🇳 Guinea (2018)

• 🇭🇺 Hungary (2011*)

• 🇮🇳 India (2013)

• 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2013*)

• 🇮🇶 Iraq (2013*)

• 🇮🇱 Israel (2012*)

• 🇯🇴 Jordan (2011*)

• 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (2014)

• 🇰🇼 Kuwait (2015)

• 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (2015)

• 🇱🇻 Latvia (2012)

• 🇱🇧 Lebanon (2017)

• 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein (2011*)

• 🇱🇹 Lithuania (2013)

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (2013*)

•  North Macedonia (2012*)

• 🇲🇼 Malawi (2014)

• 🇲🇾 Malaysia (2012*)

• 🇲🇻 Maldives (2011)

• 🇲🇱 Mali (2015*)

• 🇲🇺 Mauritius (2018)

• 🇲🇽 Mexico (2011*)

• 🇲🇩 Moldova (2012*)

• 🇲🇳 Mongolia (2013)

• 🇲🇪 Montenegro (2013*)

• 🇲🇿 Mozambique (2014*)

• 🇳🇬 Nigeria (2013*)

• 🇵🇰 Pakistan (2012)

• 🇵🇦 Panama (2013*)

• 🇵🇾 Paraguay (2018)

• 🇵🇭 Philippines (2011*)

• 🇷🇴 Romania (2011*)

• 🇷🇺 Russia (2011*)

• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (2013)

• 🇷🇸 Serbia (2012*)

• 🇸🇰 Slovakia (2011*)

• 🇸🇮 Slovenia (2011*)

• 🇰🇷 South Korea (2012*)

• 🇪🇸 Spain (2011)

• 🇸🇩 Sudan (2016)

•  Syria (2011*)

• 🇹🇭 Thailand (2011)

• 🇹🇬 Togo (2015*)

• 🇹🇷 Turkey (2012*)

• 🇺🇬 Uganda (2017*)

• European Public Law Organization (2011*)

• International Centre for Migration Policy Development (2011*)

• International Organization for Migration (2012) * Signatory