Re-elected as Operating Committee Member of Korea's Open Government Partnership... Term Starts in October

Elected Alongside the UK, Estonia, Morocco, and Nigeria

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 2nd that the government was re-elected as a government member of the OGP Steering Committee, the highest decision-making body of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), in a vote held among all member countries from July 19 to August 11.

In this election, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Morocco, and Nigeria were elected as steering committee members along with South Korea. OGP is an international public-private consultative body based on cooperation between governments and civil society to promote government transparency and citizen participation. Currently, 78 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as 76 local governments and thousands of international civil society organizations, are actively participating.

Korea will serve as an OGP steering committee member until September 30, 2024. This year marks the meaningful 10th anniversary of OGP’s launch, and the government plans to jointly host the '2021 OGP Global Summit' in Seoul this December with the OGP Secretariat.

Minister Jeon Hae-cheol, who is also the chair of the OGP government, emphasized, “The value of open government, centered on government transparency and accountability, is a goal that the entire world must pursue together,” and added, “The government will actively promote the various open government achievements cultivated with the public in terms of participation and openness, reflecting on the experience of serving as an OGP steering committee member for the past three years, while benchmarking excellent cases from member countries to enhance policy quality.”

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