WORLD FRIENDS
KOREA SENIOR EXPERTS
World Friends Korea
World Friends Korea
Senior Experts Overview
Senior Experts Overview
World Friends Korea(WFK)
Basic Information
World Friends Korea is the new name of the Korean government's overseas volunteer group that
Senior experts is a person who has comprehensive experience and knowledge in relevant
aims at helping people around the world while enhancing Korea's brand value.
technology and industry as well as in partner countries.
http://www.worldfriendskorea.or.kr/eng
Korea Senior Experts by NIPA
Korea Senior Experts(KSE), one of the programs under the World Friends
Korea, is an overseas volunteer program operated by NIPA
The program is aimed at providing support for the socioeconomic development of partner
country in the area of the exploration and planning of development projects, as well as
Period of dispatch
Generally the service period is one year, but it can be extended up to three years
depending on the expert's performance, continuity of project, and request from a
partner country.
Qualifications
A professional age 50 or older with at least 10 years of proven work experience.
Cost of dispatch
The cost of dispatch is covered by NIPA, including local living expenses (housing
expenditure, etc.), activities, air fare, and disaster insurance to stay at a secure location and
maintain a certain standard of living. Experts are volunteers, thus no wages are given.
technological and managerial consultation for the promotion of such projects.
38 people were dispatched for the first time in 2010, and as of December 2014, 349 people
had been dispatched to 38 countries worldwide including Vietnam, Indonesia, Guatemala, and
Ecuador.
Recruitment Process
Core Areas of Dispatch
ICT
examples
● Setting and Developing ICT Policies ● Establishing Electronic Government(Post/Patent/Tax etc.)
● Informatization of Public Transportation(Public Transportation Card) ● E-Learning System
● Information Statistics System ● Communication technical expert (CCTV/communication security)
● Developing Electronic Architecture ● Government Data Center, etc.
Energy
Resources
examples
● Building and Operation of Elctrical Grid ● Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant Construction
● Construction and Management of Fossil Power / Hydroelectric Power
● Promoting Energy Efficiency, etc.
Industrial
Technology
examples
● Promote and Establishing Policies for Medium and Small Enterprises, Industrial Development
Policy and Revision of Regulation(Construction, Finance, Transportation, The Field of Ocean,
Environment, Education, and Water Resources), etc.
Trade
Investment
examples
● Trade/Investment Promotion and Policy Making
● Program for Promoting Integrated Trade and customs cooperation
● Attracting Global Companies, etc.
Local
Development
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examples
● Developing Region-Specialized Industry
● Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
● Fostering Food Processing Industry, etc.
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Demand Survey
of Senior Expert
Expert Recruiting/
Selection
1st : Jan-Feb
2nd : Jun-Jul
1st : Mar-Apr
2nd : Aug-Sep
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Preparatory
Training(Before
departure)
1st : May-Jun
2nd : Oct-Nov
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Dispatch to
Assigned Countries
1st : Jul2nd : Dec-
Key Selection Criteria
1 Work experience, skills, and academic background in relevant field(according to job description)
2 Understanding of international development and cooperation
3 Language(English or local language), understanding of other culture, and communication skills
Website
http://kse.nipa.kr
http://kse.nipa.kr
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Senior Experts Dispatch Status
Senior Experts Major Performance
Number of Countries/Experts Dispatched (2010~2014)
18nations
38people
17nations
50people
KSE People
KIM, In Tae (Colombia)
(TBD)
26nations
105people
22nations
76people
29nations
110people
Mr. Kim, with his 24 years experience as an IT engineer, is consulting to
Municipio de Santiago de Cali. He is disseminating Korean leading technique
in communication network by participating several projects, such as
improvement of CCTV network, LAN operation and maintenance.
LEE, Dong Cheol (Cambodia)
2010
2011
2012
2014
2013
Percentage of Total Experts Dispatched, by Region(2010~2014)
Mr. Lee, with his 28 years experience in trade and investment, is consulting
SMEs policy in Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia. He contributed to establish
the export expanding policy of Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in the
early 2014.
CHOI, Wan Il (Uganda)
8%
Mr. Choi, with his 26 years professional experience, is sharing his skills in
field of IT in NITA-U to improve country’s IT environment and accelerate
IT cooperation between Korea-Uganda. He is supporting to establish
framework for Government Enterprise Architecture(GEA) to lay the
foundation for national informatization.
8%
31%
53%
Major Activities
Consulting
Projects
Republic of Belarus
Moldova
Mexico
Guatemala
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Tunisia
Dominican Republic
Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Nepal
Mongolia
China
Bilateral MoUs
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Ethiopia
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Indonesia
Kenya
Costa Rica
Colombia
Cameroon
Ecuador
Rwanda
Peru
Paraguay
Republic of
the Union of Myanmar
Uganda
East Timor Solomon Islands
Fiji
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Mongolia
Moldova
Ecuador
Vietnam
Financial Information Protection
Driver's License System
Modernization of Meteorological Agency, Constructing Houses
Modernization of payment system
Data Center GIDC
Construction of E-Document System
Mongolia
Vietnam
Myanmar
Indonesia
Fiji
Broadcasting Contents, Monitoring Water Quality
Desulfurization System, Applied Mechanics
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Educational Contents Development
Transport, Financial computerization System
E-Learning
Guatemala
Minister's achievement award for energy policy consultant
(Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Guatemala)
Mongolia
Awards
Received
Cambodia
Vietnam
*Dispatched 349 Experts to 38 Partner Countries as of December 2014
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'Golden Pen Award' for the best journalist at the Newspaper
Association of Mongolia (Newspaper Association of Mongolia)
Sobattara Aksarith Medal for merit of 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting
/ Asean Business & Investment Summit 2012 (Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia)
- Awards for Korea Overseas Volunteer at World Friends Korea(KOICA)
- Medal for Serving the Planning and Investment in Vietnam
(Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam)
http://kse.nipa.kr
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National IT Industry Promotion Agency(NIPA)
Senior Experts Message from Partner Countries
Meeting the future of ICT in Korea
Nicaragua
The Expert is an excellent professional and a good person and we hope to
continue assisting in the process of industrialization of our country.
Dominican Republic
It's very beneficial for the Dominican Republic, and to share Korea's
experiences can help a lot with the development of our country.
Vietnam
WFK Korea Senior Experts program is very useful and effective for our
institute activities as well as for the development of our country. The
expert has a lot of experiences, very good skill and experties in his field of
consultancy. His activities during his dispatching period not only help us in
achieving our work but also greatly contribute to the enhancement of the
friendship between Vietnam and Korea.
NIPA places efforts to share Korea’s ICT
capabilities with the world from various angles.
NIPA spreads Korea’s ICT to the world by cooperating with the
global community and supporting partner countries.
Business
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Environment where Born2Global companies can grow
More Korean ICT Companies in the Global market
Reinforcement of SW Competitiveness
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Ecuador
It is a great experience of enrichment in a professional and a cultural way.
Sharing this time with Koreans experts was an interesting and useful way to
know more about their way of working in innovation and academic areas.
Global Business
Reinforcement of SW industry capacity
Creation of new projects and demands related to SW
Advancement of SW quality in Korea
Creation of Growth Engine through Creative Convergence
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Facilitation of convergence between ICT and other industries
Creation and expansion of new projects through ICT convergence
Construction and support for digital contents industry
Rwanda
As a developing country, it is very helpful to the country to have more
experienced experts to allow smooth development of the country (Rwanda)
and promote livelihood of Rwandan population.
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Growth of Creative and Convergent Human Resources
Growth of core ICT human resources on the global level
Growth of demand-oriented human resources
Azerbaijan
Taking this opportunity on behalf of our institution I would like to explain my
sincere regards to Korean Government and NIPA for their kind contributions.
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Korea Senior Experts
http://kse.nipa.kr
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www.nipa.kr
396, World Cup buk-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea
Tel. 02-2132-1000 Fax. 02-2132-1229