The e-government center proposal was presented to the "ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials' Meeting on Creative Management for Government" held in Seoul on the sidelines of the UN-sponsored Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, which kicked off four-day meeting on Tuesday. In Thursday's meeting, ministers and senior officials from ASEAN Plus Three countries discussed ways of using technology to improve government operations and gave positive responses to SouthKorea's offer to initiate the integrated e-government center.
"The e-government center will act as a bridge among the ASEAN Plus Three countries, paving the way for smooth exchanges in such fields as human resources, technical support, education and training," South Korean Government Administration Minister Oh Young-kyo was quoted by Yonhap as saying.
According to a report of the United Nations, South Korea recently ranked fifth in an e-government readiness index.
The ASEAN Plus Three countries are scheduled to hold a workshopin Seoul in December to promote the creation of their integrated e-government center and work out its organizational details, according to Oh.
Quelle: Xinhuanet, 26.05.2005
