WE ARE CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS ON FUTURE COOPERATION WITH THE KOREAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

As part of the visit of experts from the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and as part of the technical support project for the Office for Information Technology and e-Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia through the Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP), State Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Bojan Stevic and the head of the Serbian-Korean Information Access Center Dara Gravara Stojanovic talked today on the topic of developing a strategic framework for establishing an efficient e-Government System in the period 2019-2022. “The Ministry highly appreciates the efforts of the Republic of Korea to support the development of e-Government in Serbia, especially since that support comes from the leaders in the development of e-Government services and the involvement of its citizens in using e-Government,” said State Secretary Bojan Stevic in a conversation with the Korean Development Institute. The Republic of Korea has invested in the construction of the Serbian-Korean Information Access Center, he pointed out, adding that he hopes for further support in the development of a sustainable model of digitization of public administration. Stevic pointed out that for the needs of the development of this area, the Law on e-Government was adopted, and above all, the Law on General Administrative Procedure, which made a turnaround in the work of public administration and putting citizens in focus, creating efficient, professional services, saving money and time. “We are currently working on the development of a strategic framework for the establishment of an efficient e-Government system for the period 2019-2021,” he said, and discussed with his interlocutors the possibility of additional training of civil servants in the field of e-Government. “Digitalization is an important process in Public Administration Reform and is a priority for all of us, but in order to ensure the effects of that process, it is important to provide trained staff,” the State Secretary underlined.