V _PUBLIC RELATIONS,
V . Public Relations, Publications, and DB Construction
Purpose To operate a website, establish a database (DB) of personnel network, publicize the activities of the GDPC through publications, and provide other valuable information
Major Activities
Opened the Website of the GDPC (http://www.gdpc.kr)
· Opened the GDPC website in the following language versions: English (main), Korean, Spanish, and French
· Provided a virtual community space categorized by topic in order to activate a personnel network and share information
Major Achievements
· Built a personnel information DB of a total of 416 trainees
· Built a personnel information DB of a total of 1,171 persons affiliated with cooperating institutions and experts related to international development cooperation
· Maintained updated information by regular updates on personnel information
Publication and Distribution of the 2011 Planning & Policy Report
· Published the Vol.1~3 in 2011 and presented 25 reports from 14 countries
· The reports grasped national territory-related issues of developing countries and provided relevant policy direction
· The reports, more than 250 copies per each volume, have been distributed to governmental institutions and corporations, overseas institutions, research institutions, the trainees of the GDPC, domestic experts, etc.
· Future plan for this publication is to publish these reports as a Country Report of the nation and developing countries in the future
Published and Distributed the Quarterly GDPC Newsletter
· Published Vol.1~4 in 2011 and posted more than a dozen articles per each volume
· Delivered information on the activities of the GDPC such as educational training, international cooperation, policy consulting, network building, etc., providing major news of the Center
· More than 250 copies per each volume of the Newsletter have been distributed to governmental institutions and corporations, overseas institutions, research institutions, the trainees of the GDPC, domestic experts, etc.
The GDPC website became available in April 2011. As the main visitors of the Center are foreigners from developing countries, it was designed considering the internet environment of those countries. The website content is basically posted in English and provides ver-sions in Korean, Spanish, and French in order to serve non-English users as well. Users of the website may search not only detailed infor-mation on the research and training courses but may also various materials that are useful for developing countries. Furthermore, the website provides information on the activities of the GDPC and publications of the Center.
Specifically, a virtual 'Community' was established on the GDPC website in October 2010. As a core partner of the Urbanization Knowledge Platform (UKP) of the World Bank (WB), the GDPC made great efforts to estab-lish a sustainable personnel network. Inform-ation obtained through the network is provided in real time through the 'Community or via E- mail. The information that has been accumul-ated is actively utilized for the analysis of inter-national trends in development cooperation, designing invitational training programs of the
GDPC, and the planning of international semi-nars.
The ‘Community’ is a space for information exchange, targeting actual users, rather than a space of information for providers. Each user may be a ‘prosumer’ (i.e., a professional and consumer at the same time). Therefore, it would be more of a practical information space and a more intimate space for exchange. The GDPC opened four 'Communities' in 2011, focusing on the training provided by the GDPC along with a 'Community' for the Global Dev-elopment Partnership Forum and another for the Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Human Settlements (EAROPH).
• Establishment of a Personnel Database (DB)
The GDPC built a personnel DB for personnel network management after opening its web-site.
A DB was established regarding the train-ees who have completed the training courses since the time prior to the establishment of the GDPC, as the International Cooperation Team at KRIHS, to the present. In addition to the DB
Ⅴ -1. Opening of the ‘Community’ Section of the GDPC Website
글로벌개발협력센터 웹사이트 및 ‘커뮤니티’ 오픈Communities on the GDPC Website as of 2011
Name Date Opened
Spring 2011 : Urban Planning & Development Course Aug. 25, 2011
KOICA-Commissioned : Urban & Regional Development Policy Course Aug. 31, 2011 EAROPH (Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Human Settlements) Aug. 31, 2011
Summer 2011 : Urban Planning & Policy Course Sept. 15, 2011
Global Development Partnership Forum Sept. 26, 2011
2011 ASEAN Countries Logistics Policy Course Oct. 6, 2011
IDB-KSP Accelerating Broadband Connectivity and its Applications to Three Cities in LAC
(Latin America and the Caribbean) Nov. 30, 2011
of trainees, the GDPC also built a global inform-ation DB for development cooperinform-ation person-nel comprised of domestic and overseas dev-elopment cooperation experts, providing infor-mation to relevant institutions. Currently, the DB is equipped with a network of 416 trainees, 1,129 experts, and the information is updated on a regular basis for an active management of the network.
It is planned that the DB integrates person-nel information related to national territorial infrastructure of developing countries and vari-ous ODA project information into one DB that are scattered through the International Con-tractors Association of Korea (ICAK) and gov-ernmental corporations.
llThe 'Community' Page of the GDPC Website
• GDPC Newsletter (Vol. 1~4)
The GDPC Newsletter is published once every quarter and delivers the activities of the GDPC, current issues, curricula, and major news in the field. It consists of sec-tions on Educational Tra-ining, Global Outreach, Workshops & Seminars, EAROPH News, and Announcements. The Newsletter provides news on educational activities, participation in international seminars, international cooper-ation exchanges, Global Development Partner-ship Forums, and invitational lectures from experts, as well as the 6-week educational training programs of the GDPC.
• Planning & Policy Report (Vol. 1~3)
The Planning & Policy Report is an advanced version of policy reports written by the trainees who have completed the GDPC’s educational train-ing course, which is pub-lished three times a year on average. This report is utilized for understanding the policies and
dev-elopment of relevant countries. Also, by distri-buting this report to relevant departments, institutions, and companies, the GDPC shares recent issues and information on developing countries.
• Urbanization and Urban Policies of Korea
This is a research report on the urbanization process and urban policy of Korea, with the partici-pation of four research-ers including Dr. Park Jae-gil, Senior Research Fel-low of the Green National Land and Urban Resear-ch Division of KRIHS.
This research is a joint project conducted with the World Bank (WB).
Developing countries have a great inter-est in the urbanization process and the urban policy of Korea, and it will be a very useful report for those countries that have just com-menced their urbanization processes. Also, through the urbanization process of Korea, the report pre-dicts Korea’s future economic development and urban growth, and contributes to present-ing ideal directions for urbanization-related policies for developing countries.