By Park Si-soo
Korean has promised to fully support moves by Belarus to modernize its public administration system.
“The Korean government will make utmost efforts to help Belarus modernize its administration,” said Kim Nam-seok, vice minister of public administration and security, Wednesday. “I hope this will boost bilateral cooperation in other public and commercial sectors.”
The remarks came at a meeting with Anatoly N. Morozevich, president of the Academy of Public Administration under Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, at Kim’s office in central Seoul.
Morozevich, a close aide to Lujashenko, is visiting Korea at the invitation of the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA). His visit, through Friday, aims at learning about Korea’s e-governance, disaster control and other up-to-date public administration systems through interviews with officials in relevant ministries and state agencies.
Morozevich showed particular interest in Korea’s e-governance.
“I have great interest in the system and want to know as much relevant information as possible,” Morozevich told the vice minister. “I believe the system, if adopted in Belarus, will help develop my country.” He plans to visit the National Information Society Agency, a state-run think tank on information technology.
Korea’s homegrown e-governance system ranked top out of 192 contenders in an assessment by the United Nations last year. The government has earned more than $150 million by exporting the system.
The vice minister also promised to support the development of efficient education programs for civil servants in Belarus.