KISDI publishes its policy document titled ‘2020 Report on Information and Communication Broadcasting Policy Consultation for Developing Countries’ (20-19-01)
KISDI operates a consultation cooperation program for developing countries that are seeking to develop their ICT policies.
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“KISDI introduces South Korea’s advanced ICT policies and proposes a tailored ICT development strategy and detailed policy plan after analyzing the situation of each developing countries"
Cooperation with 4 countries: Laos, Ecuador, Nepal, Moldova
▲Consulting on ICT standardization policy for Laos.
▲Consulting on bandwidth management policy for Ecuador.
▲Consulting on devising a strategy for deploying a national CERT and information security policy for Nepal.
▲Consulting on bandwidth allocation and a pricing policy for Moldova.
KISDI (President Kwon Ho-Yeol) recently published the KISDI policy document “2020 Report on Information and Communication Broadcasting Policy Consultation for Developing Countries“(20-19-01).
Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) announced by the UN in 2015, the roles and uses of information and communication technology (ICT) are being emphasized as the solution to resolving grievances between developed and developing countries and realizing global joint prosperity. As part of this effort, KISDI is running the ‘Information and Communication Broadcasting Policy Consulting’ program, an official development assistance (ODA) project in ICT funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The goal of this program is to help governments in developing countries to introduce and utilize ICT-related policies as a means of driving national development. To that end, the policy consulting service is tailored to reflect the inherent situation and conditions faced by each individual partner country. The program’s main objective is to help partner countries to make policy decisions by developing a detailed agenda (by considering the demand and expected effects in each partner country) and brainstorming on the formulation and effective implementation of policy measures together with the partner countries.
In addition, the project could have the effect of promoting the joint development of Korea and partner countries. By transferring South Korea's abundant developmental experience and know-how to the four countries, a policy network could be formed and a policy environment similar to that of South Korea created, which could in turn make it easier to export South Korean ICT products to them. Ultimately, South Korea, as a model country that fulfills its responsibilities and obligations in the eyes of the international community, should be able to strengthen its soft power in the ICT and ODA sectors.
In 2020, the cooperation projects with countries were grouped into four different categories, taking into consideration the characteristics of the project with each collaborating country. Then, detailed policy consulting services were provided to the four countries as follows: Consulting on an ICT standardization policy for Laos, which is classified as an inter-governmental agency collaboration model; Consulting on a bandwidth management policy for Ecuador, which is classified as a multi-development bank participation model; Consulting on setting up a strategy for deploying a national CERT and information security policy for Nepal, which is classified as an ICT issue preemptive response model; and, finally, Consulting on a bandwidth allocation and pricing policy for Moldova, which is classified as a performance management follow-up measure model.
< Performance of the 2020 Information and Communication Broadcasting Policy Consultation for Developing Countries >
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Consulting on an ICT standardization policy for Laos
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◦ When Laos’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPT) requested strategic policy advice on the establishment of a national ICT standardization system, KISDI obliged and provided policy consulting that benchmarked South Korea's experience with the standardization system, the steps in setting up standardization related organizations, and the process of developing standards, standardization activities, testing certification, and diverse standardization-related services.
◦ Based on the results of the policy consulting, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication will draft and table a bill on ICT standardization. Furthermore, based on the contents on the establishment of standardization agencies and the system and organization of agencies, the consulting results will be used as a guideline for setting up standards-dedicated organizations that will report to the MPT. Not only that, but based on the consulting contents on the Big Data standardization policy, the data center management strategies will be revised and the contents used to build data platforms in the future.
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Consulting on a bandwidth management policy for Ecuador
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◦ When Ecuador’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society (MINTEL) requested consulting on bandwidth management and digital radio and universal services, KISDI responded and provided policy consulting that benchmarked bandwidth management cases in South Korea and advanced countries, global trends in digital radio, and universal services.
◦ The government of Ecuador will actively use KISDI’s policy recommendations on managing bandwidth in Ecuador, bandwidth auctioning schemes in the future, choosing digital radio technologies, and policies on universal services as a reference when setting their actual policies.
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Consulting on setting up a strategy for deploying a national CERT and information security policy for Nepal
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◦ Nepal, which is about to enact a law on information security and the country’s communications and Information Technology Authority (CITA), is planning to strengthen its information security through the formation of a national CERT. Nepal has claimed that there is demand for policy consulting on building a national CERT.
◦ Based on the lessons learned from policy consulting, the Nepalese government is currently preparing to enact a bill on information security after submitting a draft law to the Parliament based on policy advice. Afterwards, through concretization of the detailed consulting results, the government plans to develop policies, e.g. establishment of CERT policy, creation of organizations, etc.
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Consulting on a bandwidth allocation and pricing policy for Moldova
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◦ Moldova’s Ministry of Economy (MEI) requested policy consulting on bandwidth allocation and price calculations, and KISDI responded with policy consulting on global trends in bandwidth allocation, overseas bandwidth allocation by South Korea, pricing, and bandwidth re-farming case studies.
◦ The government of Moldova enacted Law 2021-2025 on Moldova’s bandwidth management program (Legislated into law in December 2020, effective from January 2021). The domestic/overseas case analysis data and policy suggestions provided by KISDI were actively used as reference data during the public hearing on the bill.
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KISDI formed a policy consulting team composed of experts in diverse areas from industry, academia, research institutes, and government. In the past, a typical consulting service package consisted of three onsite consulting sessions and one invited session in South Korea. But in 2020, due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the onsite consulting session and workshop were replaced by online consulting sessions (online workshop and seminar) held on at least three occasions. In addition, all interviews with local experts were replaced by online interviews, and the continuity of the projects was maintained through frequent communications with the local managers in the partner country. Through these efforts, the experiences and knowledge of advanced countries, including South Korea, were shared with the partner countries, while KISDI provided consulting on information and communication broadcasting policies and strategies that reflected the circumstances of each partner country.
This policy document is expected to be of great assistance to the persons responsible for advising developing countries on the most effective developmental direction of ICT and promoting their implementation. Furthermore, this document will be of help to people in the domestic public and civilian sectors who wish to understand the issues surrounding the information communication broadcasting sector of other countries and the policy directions that the respective governments wish to pursue, in order to assist them in establishing the right overseas business strategies.
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