REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Indonesian Vice President Boediono is scheduled to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on the sidelines of the Open Government Partnership Annual Summit 2013 here on Thursday.

"Before the Open Government Partnership Annual Summit 2013 (OGP Summit 2013) begins, the vice president will pay a courtesy call on the British Prime Minister," Vice Presidential Spokesman Yopie Hidayat said here on Thursday.

After the meeting, Boediono, who was accompanied by Head of Presidential Work Unit for Development Control and Supervision (UKP4) Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, will attend the OGP Annual Summit 2013.

The OGP will begin with David Cameron's address and will be followed by Boediono's speech.

After delivering their speeches, Cameron will hand over the OGP Chairmanship 2014 to Vice President Boediono, marking that Indonesia will chair the OGP for a year ahead.

UKP4 Head Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said OGP at present had 60 member states, including Indonesia.

Launched in 2011, OGP is seeking to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens.

Kuntoro said the vice president's attendance at the OGP Summit will be of great importance to show the world that Indonesia has made every effort to improve its services to the public.

"As many as 1,200 participants from 89 countries will attend the annual meeting so the vice president's attendance will be of great importance to share experiences with other countries in improving public services," he said.

Indonesia is one of the eight founders of the OGP. The others are Brazil, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, Britain and the United States.

Giving a lecture at Oxford University on Wednesday, Boediono said 360 people had been jailed in Indonesia for corruption since 2002, including lawmakers, police officers, government officials, bankers, provincial governors, judges, city mayors and businessmen.

"Many more cases, meanwhile, are now still being investigated," he said during the lecture on "Transforming Indonesia: The Challenges of Good Governance and Economic Development."

He noted that one program to improve governance was eradicating corruption, and the movement has now moved to the top of the country's national agenda.

Surveys have consistently shown that corruption has been seen by the public as their number one enemy.

Further, Boediono said that an anti-corruption mentality has begun to spread throughout public institutions.

Although corruption eradication efforts have been intensified, much has still to be done, he said.

In the Corruption Perception Index 2012, Indonesia was ranked 118th out of 176 countries which were worse than the year before (ranked 100th), although the index had actually improved to 3.0-3.2 in a 1-10 scale.

The same trend was also found in the Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013 that had shown improvement in ethics and corruption categories in which Indonesia's ranking improved from 135 in 2010 to 87 this year.

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