Thursday, September 10, 2015
Global HRD Experts Seek Future Directions at COTI
Global Public HRD Conference is co-hosted by COTI and KOSPPA
Global experts on Human Resource Development (HRD) gather together at a conference to seek public HRD future development directions in the global age.
The Central Officials Training Institute (COTI), an affiliate of the Ministry of Personnel Management, and the Korean Society for Public Personnel Administration (KOSPPA) today co-host 2015 Global Public HRD Conference in the COTI main auditorium in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi. COTI’s HRD conference was first held in 1995 and had continued to take place for 17 years, mainly joined by public HRD experts at home until 2013, when the event became an international conference in line with globalization.
Under the theme of “the role of public HRD and future directions in the global age”, the 3rd Global Public HRD Conference will bring together around 200 academics, HRD officers, heads of training institutes and high-level officials from home and abroad, representatives of relevant international organizations and diplomats in Korea. Among them are about 100 HRD officials from the U.S., China, Japan and Russia, and public servants from 60 advanced and developing countries. In particular, Minister of Personnel Management Lee Geun-myeon will emphasize the importance of public HRD at the event and participate in discussions with global public HRD experts.
Global Public HRD Conference is expected to strengthen global competency of Korean public officials who represent the national interest and to work as the catalyst for increasing their discussion and presentation skills in the global environment. The Korean civil service has been criticized for lacking global competency because a culture of open discussion has not been fully created. Experts, therefore, point out that Korean civil servants need to make their global network and discussions more active and advanced to fit the times where countries around the world build close relationships with each other in every area.
“I’m pleased to host Global Public HRD Conference where heads of HR organizations and scholars from across the world gather together,” said Oak Dong-suk, President of COTI. “Based on public HRD experience and global network that COTI has built for 66 years since 1949, we will develop the event to a world-class level.”