National Information Society Agency(hereafter referred to as 'NIA') held the ‘2014 General Meeting of Global IACs' Network' from 20th to 22nd October 2014, in Busan, Republic of Korea.



At the General meeting, held in conjunction with the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, the officers from 27 Information Access Centers(hereafter referred to as 'IAC') of 25 countries were present. In celebration of the launch of the ‘Global IAC Network(hereafter referred to as 'IACNet') as the joint council of IACs, they agreed on the importance of close cooperation and networking for sustainable growth and future development of IACNet.



The members of IACNet are organizations currently in charge of operating the IACs and the President of NIA serves as the Chairman of the Steering Committee.



Also, '2014 Best IAC Awards' was held to award the IACs which have made outstanding achievements in their operating performance and innovation management. The first place winner was the IAC of Uzbekistan while the IAC of Panama took the second place. They were awarded by the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning and President of NIA, respectively.



NIA plans to develop and share the best practices among the IACs in order to actively promote the IACNet.





< Welcoming remarks by Mr. Jae-hong, Lee, Director general of MSIP>

< Opening remarks by Mr. Kwang-soo, Chang, President of NIA >

< Winners of BEST IAC Awards - Uzbekistan and Panama >




< Commemorative Photograph of all participants >