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KIPA, China Academy to Collaborate on Public Governance Research |
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koreatimes.co.kr |
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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Asia and the Pacific |
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Sep 06, 2011 |
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The Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) and the Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG) agreed Monday to push a joint research of public governance focused on training government officials on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of South Korea-China diplomatic relations.
The agreement came at a meeting between KIPA President Park Eung-kyuk and CAG Vice President He Jiacheng held at the CAG office here. As a practical measure to translate the accord into action, Park and He agreed to activate joint research on how to effectively nurture competent public officials for national development.
The two think tanks from the neighboring countries consented to increase the exchange of research fellows and public officials in a bid to raise the national competitiveness of both emerging countries. Their talks, which extended over to dinner, touched on a wide range of issues ranging from Korea's e-Government, tackling of financial crises, to side effects caused by rapid economic development of late-coming countries.
He, an economist-turned-administrator, voiced deep concerns over a variety of adverse effects from fast economic progress of most developing countries, obviously referring to China which has seen double-digit growth, unparalleled in other countries in the world. CAG, previously named the China National School of Administration, is a ministerial-level institution directly affiliated with the State Council, which trains high- and mid-level civil servants, administrators, and policy researchers.
He, concurrently a member of the Party Committee, cited ever-worsening pollution and sub-quality of industrial production, downgrading of services as representative side effects arising from rapid industrialization. He then expressed interest in Korea’s drive for the construction of a green society. Park delivered the Korean government's green growth blueprints to CAG officials.
They shared views on the need to build a green society based on eco-friendly life in South Korea and China through increased cooperation in administrative research. In a paper presented to the Chinese side, Park noted the need for the effective utilization of energy and environmental resources based on research between KIPA and CAG.
Park, who arrived in the Chinese capital as part of his week-long observation tour of the country’s northeastern region, said that increased regional cooperation by China and South Korea would contribute much to preserving energy resources in an eco-friendly manner. Park, a professor-turned-administrator, pointed out that Korea has achieved rapid economic growth but it has seen a variety of undesirable problems caused by fast industrialization, as seen from other nations.
Noting that KIPA has made special efforts to try and lower the risk of natural disasters and protect the natural environment in line with the Korean government's green growth policy, Park suggested the activation of green industries as an alternative to sustain the national growth. The green growth is one of the Korean government's key policies that place emphasis on the realization of low-carbon green life, and development of green technologies and clean energies. The Korean government's green policy aims to maximize industrial competitiveness by balancing the development and conservation of natural resources, according to Park.
As an alternative solution to effectively cope with the looming energy crisis and natural destruction, Park cited the creation of a society of low waste or low entropy. Entropy is a measure of the amount of energy no longer capable of conversion into work. The term was first coined by Rudolf Clausis, a German physicist, in 1868. In his book "Entropy," Jeremy Rifkin defines entropy increase as meaning a decrease in "available" energy. Every time something occurs in the natural world, some amount of energy ends up being unavailable for future work. That unavailable energy is what pollution is all about. Pollution is a by-product of production.
Park flew from Beijing to Harbin and had a seminar with the Heilongjiang Institute of Government in the northeastern region.
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KIPA, China Academy to Collaborate on Public Governance Research The Korea Institute of Public Administration KIPA and the Chinese Academy of Governance CAG agreed Monday to push a joint research of public governance focused on training government officials on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of South Korea-China diplomatic relations
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