Ministry of Science and ICT Announces Innovation Project Contest to Address 'COVID-19 Issues'... Briefing Session on the 24th

[Asia Economy Reporter Seolgina Jo] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 22nd that it will conduct the '2021 ICT-based Public Service Promotion Project 1st Demand Survey' to prioritize the discovery of public service innovation tasks to address urgent issues arising from the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

This year, to utilize the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity for digital government innovation, the usual single demand survey for this project has been increased to two rounds. The first demand survey (from the 22nd to August 12) will solicit tasks for urgent issue resolution, and the second demand survey (scheduled from September to October) will solicit general tasks.

The fields for urgent issue resolution tasks include digital-based non-face-to-face services and infection prevention or spread control services. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to select around six tasks and support approximately 10.1 billion KRW. The results of the first demand survey will go through task selection in September, and after consulting to supplement and finalize the business plan in December, procurement will be ordered in January 2021.

Additionally, the results of the second demand survey will follow the usual procedure of task selection in December, with procurement scheduled for April 2021.

Regarding this, the Ministry of Science and ICT will provide guidance on project direction, how to write project applications and business plans, etc., to institutions wishing to participate among central administrative agencies, local governments, and public institutions, at an online project briefing session broadcast via KakaoTV on the afternoon of the 24th.

Interested demand institutions can submit official documents to the National Information Society Agency by the submission deadline. More detailed information about the demand survey and the online project briefing session can be found on the National Information Society Agency website (www.nia.or.kr).

The ICT-based Public Service Promotion Project supports challenging tasks that innovate public services by applying ICT new technologies to the public sector. Since 2013, 102 tasks have been carried out over eight years. This year, about 20.7 billion KRW is being invested to carry out 14 promising tasks, including the 'Mobile ID Service (Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Personnel Management, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation)', 'Social Service Voucher Fraud Detection System (Social Security Information Service)', and 'AI-based Public Procurement Construction Job Keeper (Public Procurement Service)' system construction.

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