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Park Kyung-kook, vice minister of Public Administration and Security, received e-Government awards in the global, regional and online participation sectors by representing the Korean government in the third e-government forum held in Astana, Kazakhstan on Oct. 7 (local time). Korea, which has ranked first in U.N. e-government ratings three times in a row, was in the spotlight at the event.
Since 2003, the U.N. has conducted e-government ratings once every two years involving all 193 U.N. member nations to facilitate cooperation in an e-government system and strengthen national competitiveness. The e-government ratings are used as a tool to provide support for e-government policies by evaluating the strengths and weakness of e-governments in each country.
As Korea has topped the global government rankings for six years, the U.N. has high hopes for the nation. The organization hopes that Korea will play a major role in the fourth e-government forum next year. The country has been passing on its expertise of e-government in public administration to developed countries.
This year, 20 underdeveloped countries have already visited the E-Government Global Academy to learn about Korea's e-government system, and the number is on the rise. Central Asian countries, which are laced together with traces of the old Silk Road, are also helped by Korea. LG CNS designated Uzbekistan as the outpost for its entry into Central Asia, preparing for a full-scale expansion. Kazakhstan, which has achieved remarkable growth after its independence from the USSR, is tirelessly working to build an e-government system. The Korean and Kazakhstani governments are going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create an e-Government system at the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference held in Busan from Oct. 20 to Nov. 7.