Purpose and history
- As a planner of main policies for central administrative institute, improve policy development ability through acquiring international policy examples · experience and develop international specialist for each area · work
※ Job training of senior civil service: conducted since ‘90 for policy management ability development
※ Job training for division director: conducted since ‘93 for developing negotiation specialists for international conferences, etc.
Overview
- Period of training: within the range of 1 year
- Training organ: foreign government organ, international organization, graduate school, research institute, etc.
- Qualification requirement
- Age: Currently 53 years old or younger according to the end of
- Position: senior civil servant, rank 3~4 civil servant of section chief position
- Person who is arranged with other certain experience or language requirement
※ In case of work training of senior civil service, a person who has passed more than twice of the time from the completion date of foreign training for junior rank (a person who has passed more than 5 years for work training of section chief position)
Expenses of training
- Living expenses
- Senior civil service: 1.6 or 1.8 times of the living expenses for each country of long-term regular course
- Section chief position: 1.5 or 1.7 times the living expenses for each country of long-term regular course - Medical insurance fee: provide a set price of medical insurance fee for each country
- tuition fee: within the range of $10,000 a year
- Life preparation fee $500, Return relocation fee $600
- Provide separately
Objectives
- To cultivate key human resources in the government community and nurture international affairs experts to cope with globalization and the knowledge information society
- To conduct systematic research and adopt advanced knowledge and institutions to build future growth engines of the ministries
- To conduct systematic research to achieve Korea’s national visions and reinforce the competitiveness of the government community
Legal Grounds
- The Act on the Capacity Development of Public Officials
- Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Capacity Development of Public Officials Guidelines on the Capacity Development of Public Officials
- Available Countries for Trainees by Language Zone
Training Country
- English Speaking Countries: USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
- Non-English Speaking Countries: Japan, Germany, France, Spain, other EU countries
- Special Regions: China, Russia, India, Eastern Europe, Central and South America, East and West South and others
Language Requirements (Guidelines on the Handling of Public Officials Capacity Development)
| Language | Language Grades |
|---|---|
| English | Cut lines are TOEFL CBT 220 points (IBT 83 points, PBT 560 points), 65 points in English tests given by Seoul National University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, or Busan University of Foreign Studies, British Council IELTS 6.0 points, G-TELP (Level II) 77 points, TOEIC 775 points, TEPS 700 points (new TEPS 385 points) |
| Non-English languages | Cut lines are 65 points in language tests given by Seoul National University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, or Busan University of Foreign Studies |
Trainee Selection Requirements
<Requirements in Article 32 of the Act on the Capacity Development of Public Officials>
- A person who has a strong sense of duty to the national government and his job
- A person who has excellent working records
- A person with necessary academic backgrounds and work experience
- A person who can work for a considerable period of time in the job field related to his training after completing the training program.
- A person who has the necessary foreign language ability
- A person who meets the qualifications about the age, health, aptitude and other qualifications set by the Ministry of Personnel Management
- A previously disciplined person who has passed one year or more since the date on which the disposition ceased as of the date of trainee recommendation
<Trainee Requirements in the Guidelines for the Handling of Capacity Development of Public Officials>
- As of the end of the selection year (Dec. 31, 2017), public officials of grade 4-9 who are 48 years of age or younger (births after January 1, 1969) and have working level experience of three years or more are eligible.
- Completers of more than 6 months of overseas training programs (overseas training at own expense, domestic/internationally linked training courses with KDI, KAIST, Seoul National University, etc., and Japan’s Young Leader program) are excluded.
- For those who have completed short-term individual training courses taking less than 6 months, they can be eligible if one year has passed from the previous training completion date as of the end of the selection year (excluding group training)
- A person who was on leave to study abroad pursuant to Article 71.2(2) of the State Public Officials Act, a person who was on leave for employment abroad according to Article 71.2(1) of the State Public Officials Act, or a person who has worked abroad for more than one year in accordance with Article 41.1(6) of the Decree on the Appointment of Public Officials, must have passed one year since the previous training completion date as of the end of the selection year.
- Public officials who are holders of domestic or foreign doctoral degrees or foreign master's degrees or higher are prohibited to take the diploma course (including 1 + 1).
- After passing the selection test, those who have not completed the overseas training course without special reasons such as natural disasters will be restricted to apply for other training programs for a period of three years.
Objectives and History
- Trainee Candidates: Public officials of grade 6-9 who have more than 3 years of experience
Training Overview
- Subject of training: Rank 6~9 civil servant of experience with more than 3 years of actual work experience
- Training Period: Up to 1 year
- Training Courses: One year course (master's degree) or one-year job training in English speaking countries
- Training Expenses: Payment equivalent to the long-term general course expenses Trainee Selection Process
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Trainee Selection Process
- Document screening: Language test (Seoul National University i-TEPS test)/the number of the first-round selection will be two times as many as the planned number of final trainees (10 people).(※ in the event of a tie breaker, persons in the order of higher scores in speaking and listening will be selected)
- Interview: Interviews will be held for the first screening passers.
Purpose
- Improve effect of foreign training by conducting overseas training after domestic prior education
- Reinforcing network between developing country’s civil servant and our civil servant and spreading ‧ diffusing administrative Korean wave through sharing excellent administrative examples
Process
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Period of training: within 2 years of total
- 1st year (domestic): complete master’s course for each organ
- 2nd year (foreign): complete master’s course at foreign university, etc. or work training - Qualification requirement: Rank 4~9 civil servant of experience who has more than 3 years of actual work experience (※ KAIST: rank 4~5 civil servant who has more than 2 years of work experience in finance-related department)
- Selection procedure: screening task, applicant (Ministry of Personnel Management) → Language proficiency exam → screening document, interview (entrustment organ)
Current status on partnership agreement universities of domestic-international connection course
| Classification | KDI (Sejong-si) | KAIST (Seoul Dongdaemun-gu) | Seoul National University (Seoul Gwanak-gu) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate school | Graduate school of International Affairs | Graduate school of finance Graduate School | Graduate school of public administration |
| Training course | olicy studies (MPP), Development policy studies (MDP) | Finance MBA | global public administration (GMPA) |
| Years of establishment | 2001 | 2009 | 2014 |
| School expenses | Total 23,000,000 won | Total 50,910,000 won | Total 6,560,000 won |
| Time of Secondment | Spring semester (January) | Spring semester (January) | Fall semester (September) |
Objectives and History
- (New in 2019) This course was established to enhance competitiveness of Technical Service Officials and expand their training opportunities
Training Overview
- Subject of training: Rank 6~9 technical service official with more than 3 years of actual work experience
- Training Period: Up to 1 year
- Training Courses: One year course (master's degree) or one-year job training in English speaking countries
- Training Expenses: Payment equivalent to the long-term general course expenses Trainee Selection Process
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Trainee Selection Process
- Document screening: Language test (Seoul National University i-TEPS test)/Document screening: Language Test (Seoul National University i-TEPS test) / number of first round candidates selected will be the number of target trainees.
- Interview: Reviews of training plans only on candidates with minimum language proficiency (language test).
Purpose and history
- Improve foreign training result through harmonization of theory and practical work Introduced since 2002 as one form of long-term regular course in order to improve
- operation in the direction of reinforcing work training of overseas training from achieving degree
Introduction
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Period of training: within 2 years in total
- 1st year: complete bachelor’s course in university
- 2nd year: work training at international organizations, government organization, etc. -
Subject of application
- A person who was selected by being assigned as (1+1) course when selecting as long-term regular course - Expenses of training: provide in accordance with long-term regular degree course
Current status of 1+1 MOU partnership agreement universities 4 countries 17 institutes
| Country | Subject organ | Program | MOU conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| the United States (10) |
Duke Univ. | MIDP | ‘02.3. |
| Indiana Univ., Bloomington | MPA | ‘07.1. | |
| SUNY-Albany | MPA | ‘05.12. | |
| Syracuse Univ. | EMPA | ‘05.12. | |
| Univ. of Colorado at Denver | AMPA | ‘02.3. | |
| Univ. of Kentucky (newly established in ’12) | MPA | ‘11.11. | |
| Univ. of Minnesota (newly established in ’12) | MPA | ‘11.11. | |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh | MPPM | ‘03.7. | |
| Univ. of Sourthern California | MPA | ‘09.3. | |
| Univ. of Georgia | MPA | ‘16.2. | |
| the United Kingdom (5) |
Univ. of Birmingham | MA | ‘02.7. |
| Univ. of Exeter | MPA | ‘02.2. | |
| Univ. of Sheffield | MA | ‘08.7. | |
| Univ. of York | MPA | ‘08.7. | |
| Univ. of Leeds | MPA | ‘17.6. | |
| Canada | Univ. of British Columbia | CPSM, CIM(non degree) | ‘04.1. |
| Australia | Australian National Univ. | MPA, MPP | ‘11.3. |
Background and history
- Newly established in ‘01 as Japanese government (education ministry) scholarship program (※ conducted in order to develop future national leader of Asia and other areas and contribute to establishment of friendly relations between trainees, etc.)
Outline of training
- Managing institute: Japan Graduate school of national policy studies
- Training course: master’s course of public administration/policy studies
- Period of training and language: 1 year, English (※ able to extend as work training within 1 year range after completing 1 year of master’s course)
- Subject of training: civil servant of 20 countries such as Korea, China, Australia, etc. (successful candidate of central department: within 2 people)
- Method of selection: recommendation of Ministry of Personnel Management ⇒ final selection through English interview from the Japanese embassy
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Expenses of training
- 1st year: support from Japan scholarship (living expenses monthly 242,000 yen, flight fare for back and forth, school expenses, etc.)
- 2nd year: support from Ministry of Personnel Management (based on long-term regular course, including expenses of work training