Inauguration ceremony of the new president of NIA
Inauguration ceremony of the new president of NIA
2008.05.21
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On May 19, Kim Seang-tae, the newly appointed 11th president of the National Information Society Agency (www.nia.or.kr), began his official duties after an inauguration ceremony.
In his inaugural address, President Kim said, “In order to realize advanced Korea, I’d like to open the way for the future with new missions…… I will endeavor to position NIA as a think tank that leads national projects for advancing information technology in Korea.”
He also said, “I feel honored that I have been given the responsibility of presiding over the top informatization agency of Korea…… Now is the time to make efforts to advance the nation and settle current issues through informatization in keeping pace with the reality in which the newly inaugurated administration is moving toward building a top-level advanced nation and countries around the world are struggling to improve their national competitiveness through informatization.”
He suggested a few key visions of the agency for the future: developing national informatization strategies and policies to promote informatization across the country and enhance e-government services, improving the quality of people’s lives and settling the current national issues through informatization, enhancing the international cooperation through building global partnership, and transforming itself into a competent and efficient organization through creativity- and performance-based training of employees.
Since 1987 when it was established, NIA has contributed to the government’s policy development and implementation for national informatization. Thanks to NIA’s contribution, the government has come to have one of the world’s best e-government systems. The key visions mentioned above shows President Kim’s willingness to strengthen Korea’s position as an IT powerhouse by accelerating the agency’s efforts to promote informatization across the country.
He thinks that rationalization of the national administration system and changes in ways of working of the government and the public sector, based on informatization, can significantly increase efficiency and creativity in our society. He also stated that the agency would play a role as a catalyst to improve national informatization policies by actively developing new businesses and tasks.
He said in his speech, “I’ll re-adjust the role of NIA so that it can lead to changes in the government’s visions and policy paradigm to leap toward one of the world’s leading countries… … NIA will set a good example of a practical integration, which is being encouraged by the new government, by achieving synergy between IT and public services.”
On training employees, President Kim Seang-tae said, “I believe that my experience and know-how in the academic world for about 20 years will help the agency make its system more efficient…… I’ll make efforts to reinforce the agency’s education and consulting functions to improve employees’ capabilities and competitiveness,” suggesting that he would bring the agency a new opportunity for development.
President Kim Seang-tae was born in Changwon, Gyeongsangnamdo Province. He got his Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University, Master of Politics from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ph.D in political science from University of Georgia. Now he is the Dean of Graduate School of Governance and Graduate School of Public Administration at Sungkyunkwan University.
The NIA is an agency under Ministry of Administration and Public Safety, which was established on January 30, 1987, under the Basic Act for Informatization Promotion. It supports national informatization policies and provides technical support to the government.
Its major functions are to support the development and implementation of informatization promotion plans, develop policies for e-government and national informatization, support the construction of Korean IT infrastructures and public organizations, evaluate informatization projects of public organizations and provide consulting services to them, analyze informatization trends and carry out research on laws and regulations related with informatization.
In his inaugural address, President Kim said, “In order to realize advanced Korea, I’d like to open the way for the future with new missions…… I will endeavor to position NIA as a think tank that leads national projects for advancing information technology in Korea.”
He also said, “I feel honored that I have been given the responsibility of presiding over the top informatization agency of Korea…… Now is the time to make efforts to advance the nation and settle current issues through informatization in keeping pace with the reality in which the newly inaugurated administration is moving toward building a top-level advanced nation and countries around the world are struggling to improve their national competitiveness through informatization.”
He suggested a few key visions of the agency for the future: developing national informatization strategies and policies to promote informatization across the country and enhance e-government services, improving the quality of people’s lives and settling the current national issues through informatization, enhancing the international cooperation through building global partnership, and transforming itself into a competent and efficient organization through creativity- and performance-based training of employees.
Since 1987 when it was established, NIA has contributed to the government’s policy development and implementation for national informatization. Thanks to NIA’s contribution, the government has come to have one of the world’s best e-government systems. The key visions mentioned above shows President Kim’s willingness to strengthen Korea’s position as an IT powerhouse by accelerating the agency’s efforts to promote informatization across the country.
He thinks that rationalization of the national administration system and changes in ways of working of the government and the public sector, based on informatization, can significantly increase efficiency and creativity in our society. He also stated that the agency would play a role as a catalyst to improve national informatization policies by actively developing new businesses and tasks.
He said in his speech, “I’ll re-adjust the role of NIA so that it can lead to changes in the government’s visions and policy paradigm to leap toward one of the world’s leading countries… … NIA will set a good example of a practical integration, which is being encouraged by the new government, by achieving synergy between IT and public services.”
On training employees, President Kim Seang-tae said, “I believe that my experience and know-how in the academic world for about 20 years will help the agency make its system more efficient…… I’ll make efforts to reinforce the agency’s education and consulting functions to improve employees’ capabilities and competitiveness,” suggesting that he would bring the agency a new opportunity for development.
President Kim Seang-tae was born in Changwon, Gyeongsangnamdo Province. He got his Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University, Master of Politics from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ph.D in political science from University of Georgia. Now he is the Dean of Graduate School of Governance and Graduate School of Public Administration at Sungkyunkwan University.
The NIA is an agency under Ministry of Administration and Public Safety, which was established on January 30, 1987, under the Basic Act for Informatization Promotion. It supports national informatization policies and provides technical support to the government.
Its major functions are to support the development and implementation of informatization promotion plans, develop policies for e-government and national informatization, support the construction of Korean IT infrastructures and public organizations, evaluate informatization projects of public organizations and provide consulting services to them, analyze informatization trends and carry out research on laws and regulations related with informatization.