8 High-Level Officials from Costa Rica, Panama, Cambodia, and 5 Other Countries to Learn About Korea's Digital Government

Ministry of the Interior and Safety, 2021 Digital Government Policy Manager Online Course

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 6th that it will start the 2021 Digital Government Policy Managers Online Course, with 12 senior officials from 8 developing countries participating, beginning on the 7th.

This course is divided into two sessions: the first from the 7th to the 28th, and the second from November 8th to November 26th. Participants include ministerial and vice-ministerial level officials such as the Minister of Environment and Technology of Maldives and the Vice Chairman of the Digital Development Services Department of Kyrgyzstan, totaling 12 senior officials from digital government-related ministries of 8 countries including Costa Rica, Panama, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia.

Started in 2014, the "Digital Government Policy Managers Course" annually introduces Korea's digital government cases directly to senior officials of foreign governments. By communicating directly with policy decision-makers, it goes beyond simple information sharing and serves as an opportunity leading to various follow-up collaborations such as dispatching delegations, expert personnel exchanges, and grant and non-grant aid projects. This has played an important role in expanding the overseas advancement of Korea's digital government. This course also includes activities for discovering follow-up projects such as planning inter-country cooperation projects and online business meetings with Korean companies.

Co-operated by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Intelligent Information Society Agency, this course was originally an in-person training inviting participating officials to Korea, but was changed to a non-face-to-face online course due to COVID-19. Notably, based on demand surveys targeting about 40 developing countries, new educational content such as electronic certificates and augmented reality services has been added. Additionally, a survey on areas of interest by country will be conducted among trainees, and customized business meetings with Korea’s specialized companies and institutions will be held separately.

Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said, “Due to the recent global spread and prolongation of COVID-19, many countries are paying attention to Korea’s digital government, which ranked first in OECD evaluations and second in UN evaluations,” and added, “To efficiently respond to the increasing international cooperation demand in the digital government field, we plan to expand various non-face-to-face international cooperation methods such as online training and online seminars, establish our status as a leading digital government country, actively discover follow-up cooperation projects, and strive to ensure that intergovernmental cooperation leads to overseas expansion of Korean companies.”

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