OECD Head Visits NIA to Lecture on the OECD Publication –“Government at a Glance”
OECD Head Visits NIA to Lecture on the OECD Publication –“Government at a Glance”
2012.02.20
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On February 15th, NIA invited MsZsuzsannaLonti, Head of Unit - Statistics and Indicators of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) to NIA to give a lecture and hold discussions with NIA staff, including NIA President Seang-Tae Kim and NIA Vice President, Jung-Hyup Kang and other upper management staff on the 2011 publication of OECD || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || s "Government at a Glance." The session lasted about 2 hours as Ms. Lonti gave a very thorough presentation on the publication and paid particular interest to Korea || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || s government and how it stacked up when compared to other OECD member countries.
Government at a Glance 2011 is a bi-annual publication that focuses on the 34 OECD members (plus the BRIC countries; Brazil, Russia, India and China) over the last decade with a coverage of 10 topic areas, including; economic policy, fiscal policy, labor policy, transparency, procurement, maintenance officers, e-government, education policy, health care &welfare policy, defense and security, etc…based on government policies for a total of 42 countries with 58 policy in the aforementioned 10 topic areas.
This publication is intended to provide evidence for policy makers by measuring the performance of governments in a comparative perspective. This also allows countries to benchmark their performance against other countries. As mentioned, there are also indicators describing government policies and practices on integrity, e-government and open government, and introduce several composite indexes summarizing key aspects of public management practices in human resources management, budgeting, procurement, and regulatory management.
Specifically in Korea || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || s case, society and government were seen as more egalitarian in nature with compressed wages top management and executive secretary in the public sector. Another area that Korea compared favorably was in transparency and e-procurement where Korea extensively utilized a single entry e-procurement website that brought about more transparent transactions when government does business with the private sector when dealing with public sector work.
The lecture and the Q&A after the lecture lead to some good discussions between Ms. Lonti and NIA staff and other public officials with a promise that the next edition of "Government at a Glance - 2013" will be even more comprehensive and accurate.
Government at a Glance 2011 is a bi-annual publication that focuses on the 34 OECD members (plus the BRIC countries; Brazil, Russia, India and China) over the last decade with a coverage of 10 topic areas, including; economic policy, fiscal policy, labor policy, transparency, procurement, maintenance officers, e-government, education policy, health care &welfare policy, defense and security, etc…based on government policies for a total of 42 countries with 58 policy in the aforementioned 10 topic areas.
This publication is intended to provide evidence for policy makers by measuring the performance of governments in a comparative perspective. This also allows countries to benchmark their performance against other countries. As mentioned, there are also indicators describing government policies and practices on integrity, e-government and open government, and introduce several composite indexes summarizing key aspects of public management practices in human resources management, budgeting, procurement, and regulatory management.
Specifically in Korea || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || || chr(39) || s case, society and government were seen as more egalitarian in nature with compressed wages top management and executive secretary in the public sector. Another area that Korea compared favorably was in transparency and e-procurement where Korea extensively utilized a single entry e-procurement website that brought about more transparent transactions when government does business with the private sector when dealing with public sector work.
The lecture and the Q&A after the lecture lead to some good discussions between Ms. Lonti and NIA staff and other public officials with a promise that the next edition of "Government at a Glance - 2013" will be even more comprehensive and accurate.