There is a constant flow of government officials from around the world coming to Korea to learn its secrets of success. They come here to explore the nation’s development systems across a wide range of fields.

On March 11, Korea welcomed a group of four officials from the United Arab Emirates who wanted to get a sense of what a "Korea-made educational system” is like. Comprised of four officials from the UAE's education sector, including Secretary General Zayed Alotaiba of the Talent Development Department for the UAE Supreme Council for National Security, the delegation was invited to a range of facilities where education for young, promising students is actively taking place. They included the Korean Education Development Institute, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, the Korea National University of Education and the educational TV station EBS.

In particular, the group visited an elementary school in Sejong City bristling with high-end, smart technology. They observed a class where the students used a specially designed array of textbooks and material, all run on high-tech devices, like tablets and e-books. They were given a tour of the school and its state-of-the-art IT facilities.

The visit was made possible at the request of the UAE government itself. The UAE is keenly focused on one goal: to expand cooperation in the education sector between Korea and the UAE through teacher training courses. The UAE government has put a lot of effort into this since 2009, fostering its own pool of teachers. By 2020, the government aims to have 90 percent of its teachers to be from the UAE itself.

On March 15, another group of officials, this time from Kazakhstan, visited Seoul to learn about Korea’s system of land management and forestry administration. Attending a six-day training program that will last until March 20, the Kazakh delegation paid a visit to several organizations specializing in forestry administration: the Korea Forest Service, the Korea National Arboretum and the Korea Forest Seed and Variety Center. They also explored the nation's high-end land management techniques and met with experts in the field to discuss ways to boost mutual cooperation between the two countries. The Kazakh representatives are scheduled to visit the Seoul-based Secretariat of the ASEAN-ROK Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) body to discuss ways to enhance international cooperation.

The Korean government has also been dispatching its officials overseas to help other countries adopt and manage their government systems. For example, the Public Procurement Service recently sent a group of representatives to Costa Rica, a country that has adopted a Korean e-procurement system, to help the country utilize the new system.

The Ministry of Security and Public Administration (MOSPA), meanwhile, has been supporting the Philippines and Saudi Arabia by introducing Korean e-government platforms, while the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries have been sharing their expertise and skills with Indonesia so that the country can further develop its farming and fishing sectors.

There are rising calls in many countries worldwide for the Korean government to share its experiences across a wide range of sectors, from economic development and education through to e-government systems.

Recently, the UAE even called for Korean officials to come to the UAE and develop exactly the same system that they have in Korea. This was after its officials were exposed to "KIPOnet," an integrated information system to computerize the administrative processes of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.

In response, five Korean officials will soon go to the UAE to help establish a local version of "KIPOnet." The system has been already introduced in Azerbaijan, and will soon arrive in five other neighboring countries, including Georgia.

Finally, a group of 26 Korean government officials will be sent to 15 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Central and South America. The selected group will spread knowledge about the Korean government’s administration systems. These experts have been chosen to answer the rising call from developing nations to share Korea's administrative system, MOSPA said.