The Eastern Region Organisation for Public Administration (EROPA) held a plenary session in Hanoi on October 20 as part its annual meeting with the objective of exchanging experiences in improving public administration.
The session drew the participation of senior officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs and representatives of member organisations.
Different successful cases of public administration improvements were discussed during the event, including the Japanese government’s transparency and accountability relating to the digital system, the role of the private sector in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Philippines, and the challenges of Vietnam’s public administration and governance system in the context of regional and global integration, as well as solutions for the future.
Koichiro Agata, a professor at Japan’s International Institute of Administrative Sciences, shared Japan’s experience in introducing its e-government, adding that it needs to be accessible to the public in a way that ensures the credibility, transparency and fairness of the system and helps reduce costs.
Vietnam has undertaken maximum efforts to apply advanced technology to public governance, such as building a database of civil servants, creating software for the civil service entrance examination, providing online services for social welfare payments and developing the ongoing plan to issue citizen identification numbers, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.-VNA
The session drew the participation of senior officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs and representatives of member organisations.
Different successful cases of public administration improvements were discussed during the event, including the Japanese government’s transparency and accountability relating to the digital system, the role of the private sector in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Philippines, and the challenges of Vietnam’s public administration and governance system in the context of regional and global integration, as well as solutions for the future.
Koichiro Agata, a professor at Japan’s International Institute of Administrative Sciences, shared Japan’s experience in introducing its e-government, adding that it needs to be accessible to the public in a way that ensures the credibility, transparency and fairness of the system and helps reduce costs.
Vietnam has undertaken maximum efforts to apply advanced technology to public governance, such as building a database of civil servants, creating software for the civil service entrance examination, providing online services for social welfare payments and developing the ongoing plan to issue citizen identification numbers, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.-VNA
