The officials from the Civil Service Institute and the Prime Minister's Office are expected to learn about effectively developing a curriculum on electronic learning for its ongoing human resource development programmes, said Koo Hong-Seok, counsellor at the Korean Embassy in Brunei.
Speaking to The Brunei Times, he said that Brunei had showed keen interest in further developing education among its civil servants, especially improving human resources on the use of information technology.
Hj Junaidi Hj Omar, director of Civil Service Institute and one of the delegates to South Korea, said that it is an opportunity for the national training institute to gain a better understanding of training policies in human resources.
He said that Brunei was also hoping to conduct joint exchange training programmes with Korea on a yearly basis, thereby sharing knowledge and benefiting both parties at the same time.
During the July 1-6 visit, the Brunei delegation will be paying a courtesy call on the president of the Central Officials Training Institute (COTI) in Korea, where they will also be briefed on the operations and given a tour of the institute, which provides in-service management development training for senior government executives at the national level through its educational and research facilities.
To date, COTI has conducted international programmes for foreign government officers since 1984, including 146 such programmes for 2,700 foreign officials from 104 countries.
Another agenda of the itinerary include a visit to Korea's Civil Service Commission, the central government's human capital management agency which plans and implements all aspects of policies on human resources.
Established in May 1999, the Civil Service Commission has been leading Korea's major civil service reform initiatives as a single central personnel authority for the Korean government. Its mission is to introduce fair, transparent, and efficient public personnel practices in the areas of competency development, professional training, performance management, as well as human resources information management. Other scheduled visits include, among many others, the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Human Resource Development Centre and the Ministry of Information.
One of the well-known applications that the Seoul Metropolitan Government has successfully implemented is the OPEN System: the first-ever online system for receiving and handling of civil service applications in Korea that has been lauded by the United Nations and Transparency International.
The officials will also meet the Assistant Minister of the Government Innovation Headquarters at the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs. Hwang Won-Kun, the Korean ambassador to Brunei, hosted a luncheon for the delegates at a popular Korean Restaurant yester.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Shareen Han
Quelle/Source: Brunei Direct, 26.06.2007
