Following the second session of the December 12 summit between Korea and the 10 ASEAN members currently underway in Busan, President Park Geun-hye and her ASEAN counterparts toured an exhibition that focused on Korea-ASEAN administrative innovation.
At the exhibition, President Park introduced a set of Korea’s attempts to create new administrative systems, such as putting in place an e-government system armed with advanced content, and pushing forward with its Saemaul Undong campaign in rural areas.
The special exhibit involved central and local government bodies, as well as public organizations from both Korea and ASEAN, each of which showed off their own innovative policies and good examples of public administration.
They also shared major achievements made on joint projects between Korea and ASEAN, as well as technologies concerning innovation in the private sector, too.
President Park Geun-hye and leaders of the 10 ASEAN countries are briefed on the rural development Saemaul Undong campaign at a special exhibition on innovation in public administration in Korea and ASEAN on December 12 at the BEXCO center in Busan.
President Park Geun-hye (front, right) and leaders of the 10 ASEAN nations watch as a passport is issued with no paper work during their tour of an exhibition on innovation in public administration held at the BEXCO center in Busan on December 12.
President Park Geun-hye (center) and leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries visit a booth that features a 'smart classroom' at an exhibition on innovation in public administration held at the BEXCO center in Busan on December 12.
President Park Geun-hye (second from left) and her counterparts from the 10 ASEAN countries tour a sideline exhibition on innovation in public administration at the BEXCO center in Busan on December 12.
Prior to that, public administration ministers from Korea and the 10 ASEAN countries came together to discuss achievements they gained after a series of efforts to push innovation.
During the ASEAN-Korea ministerial roundtable, held under the slogan of, “Better Governance, Happier Citizens,” the ministers gave presentations on and shared their vision for innovation in governance. The roundtable covered three sections: government innovation, the public personnel administration system and, lastly, e-government systems.
Korean Minister of Government Administration & Home Affairs Chong Jong-sup (left) and his counterparts from the 10 ASEAN countries attend the ASEAN-Korea ministerial roundtable on public administration at the BEXCO center in Busan on December 12.
Korean Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Chong Jong-sup took advantage of the occasion to introduce the administration's “Government 3.0” plan, a core strategy to push for more innovation in governance.
The minister pointed out that the paradigm for government services has shifted to a public-oriented one, moving from the prior, “first the public applies, then the government approves,” system to a, “the government puts forward an idea, then the public confirms it,” kind of system.
In response, his Filipino counterpart, Florencio Abad, said, “As in Korea, we should always put the public first in any government policy on administrative innovation. I’m very impressed by the Korean government’s public-oriented innovation strategies on public service.”
By Sohn JiAe
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit
jiae5853@korea.kr
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