On October 27, LOGODI held its second LOGODI Global Forum, with heads of international government officials education and training institutes from 10 countries, including the Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of India, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Republic of Union of Myanmar, Republic of Peru, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Senegal, United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda.

Since its establishment in 1965, LOGODI has been supporting government innovation and local administration development by strengthening the capacity of local government officials. As an Official Development Assistance (ODA) project, LOGODI Global Forum was emerged to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in the partnering countries and strengthen solidarity and cooperation in the international community.

Last year, LOGODI hosted the first of its kind, LOGODI Global Forum 2019, with around 100 participants in Sejong. LOGODI invited the heads of an education and training institution to Korea and shared their educational & training experiences and visions.

As the outbreak situation has prolonged this year, however, LOGODI converted the forum into a non-face-to-face format under the theme, Future Direction of Civil Servant Training for Building the Capacity of Local Governments in the Post-COVID 19 Era.

LOGODI Global Forum 2020 aims to contribute to overcoming the economic and social crisis in participating countries by sharing their experiences and know-how of COVID-19 quarantine and the current status of the education and training of public officials in responding to the pandemic.

The participants presented the role and development plan of their institutions, highlighting the process of responding to the COVID-19, preparation for the post-corona era, and the direction of the development of education and training for government officials to strengthen local government capacity in each country.

Dr. Lee Seung-jong, Professor of Seoul National University, gave a keynote speech entitled New Normal in Government Officials Training in the Post-COVID-19 Era. Dr. M Jae Moon, Professor of Yonsei University moderated case presentations and discussions of the participants.

Mr. Chin Young, Minister of the Interior and Safety, expressed his hope that the forum would be a place for active discussions on how to develop capacity building programs for the resilience from the COVID-19 and preemptive preparation for the changes and challenges in the post-corona era.