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Country: South Korea
Year Action Plan: 2018
Start Date: 9/1/2018 | End Date: 8/31/2020
Establishment of a Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] System to Foster G2P
Communication Establishment of a Public Diplomacy System to Foster G2P Communication Commitment Start and End Date September 1, 2018 ~ August 31, 2020 Lead Implementing Agency/Actor Public Diplomacy Team, Regional Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commitment
Description[:] What is the public problem that the commitment will address? The government has recently shifted its governing direction from unilateral to inclusive, highlighting the importance of inclusive governing; against this backdrop, citizen participation has become ever more important in foreign affairs. Indeed, nations namely Germany, Japan and Australia have tried to reflect the citizen’s voice in foreign policy making through running a dedicated unit. The Moon administration has also adopted ‘public diplomacy’ as one of the policy tasks to gain the public’s trust and support in the foreign policy making process; as a result, a positive environment needs to be built to enable government-to-public communication and boost citizen participation in the foreign policy making process.
What is the commitment? This commitment is about building and operating an offline diplomacy center that facilitates the public’s opinion sharing and participation in foreign policy. The purpose of the commitment is to obtain the public’s understanding and support regarding foreign policy by taking in their opinions and carry out people- and national interest-driven diplomacy through fostering the citizen participation and harnessing their diplomatic capacity.
How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? The detailed implementation methods are as follows: 1) to establish and operate the public diplomacy center along with ‘Gwanghwamoon 1st Street, an open communication forum' at the lobby on the first floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 2) to conduct research on how to build a system analyzing opinion surveys to meticulously determine the public opinion on major diplomatic issues and relevant big data; to build a citizen participation model catered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and engage the public in policy making; to take in suggestions and opinions from the public at all times through various on- and off-line channels; to select suggestions to be reflected in policy making through multilateral communication and consultation if needed Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? The enhancement of government-to-public communication and citizen participation in the process of foreign policy making is in lined with the values and objectives of the OGP due to the following reasons: 1) increasing accessibility of the public to foreign policy; 2) improving transparency in policy making; 3) strengthening the public’s right to make democratic decisions Exchange and Peer Learning [.]
Currently, concepts and theories regarding public diplomacy are being established, and a citizen participation model catered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being built while relevant cases are studied. Building on these initiatives, the Ministry will carry out peer learning and exchange projects with countries pursuing the values of ‘democratic participation.’
Additional Information[:] “Public diplomacy” is not only one of the 100 policy tasks of the government but also one of the six policy tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Also, it, as a government innovation task of the Ministry, educates internal stake-holders within the Ministry to better understand the importance of citizen participation and government-to-public communication in the process of foreign policy making, thereby functioning as an innovation mechanism within the Ministry. Milestone Activity with a Verifiable Deliverable Conducting a survey and a citizen participation project Carrying out a survey, a policy discussion seminar, occasional calls for policy proposals, a citizen participation project and etc Running a survey, a policy discussion seminar, occasional calls for policy proposals, a citizen participation project and etc. Contact Information Name of Responsible Person from Implementing Agency[.]
Joonbeom Jeon Title, Division Deputy Director, Public Diplomacy Team, Regional Public Diplomacy Division Email and Phone jbjeon18@mofa.go.kr, +82-2-2100-8530
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Theme
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, CIVIC SPACE/ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
Other Actors Involved NA
Lead Institution: Public Diplomacy Team, Regional Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Support Institution: NA
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