On December 2nd and December 6th, 2 different government delegations visited NIA in order to learn more about the ICT industry and e-Government of Korea.

The first delegation that visited on December 2nd was a high-level delegation made up of government officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology and other officials from other administrative departments within the Ministry of Science and Technology. The officials were here as part of a Study Tour to Korea where they could get a better vision for Iraq¡¯s own National Centre for e-Governance and understand the roles and promote knowledge of a National e-Governance Steering Committee.


They came to Korea to learn about Korea¡¯s world-class ICT infrastructure, standardized ICT business processes and how to strengthen administrative practices in public and private sectors as well as civil society.

NIA officials met for more than 1.5 hours with the Iraqi delegation and presented first about NIA and its global cooperation programs and collaboration. Then another presentation was delivered on Korea¡¯s e-government development and the Korean government¡¯s new shift to Government 3.0.

Korea¡¯s success cases and best practices were explained in greater detail as the delegation had a specific interest in Government Integrated Data Center, On-nara BPS, e-Government Standard Framework, Korea Immigration Smart Service, G2C, Information Network Village and e-procurement.

After the presentations were finished, there was enough time for an extensive session as the delegation head - Mr. Abdul Kareem Al-Samarai, Minister of Science and Technology and AdilIgnaish Matloob, Advisor to the Minister and Abeer Fawaeer, E-Governance Specialist of the UNDP in Iraq asked for further information on Korea¡¯s e-government development and global cooperation activities that Iraq could learn from and partake in with NIA and Korea in the area of ICT and e-government.

The second delegation from Iraq to visit NIA the same week consisted of 3 officials from Iraq¡¯s Ministry of Education. They also were interested in ICT and e-government in Korea and how to improve e-government and ICT infrastructure in Iraq as well as knowing more about e-learning practices in Korea, including deployment and contents management.

Both Iraqi delegations thanked NIA for sharing ICT and e-Government information and hoped that with the knowledge they gleaned from their meetings in Korea, could aid in helping their fellow Iraqi citizens back home.