Korea-Serbia Partnership in Digitalization: Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration and Education Held at the Academy

In the amphitheater of the National Academy for Public Administration, the Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration and Education, one of the concluding events of the Korea-Serbia Center for Cooperation in Digitization project, was successfully held.

The event was addressed by His Excellency Jeung Lee, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Belgrade, as well as Stefan Badja, the advisor to the President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Dejan Miletić, Acting Director of NAUP, highlighted that this project has created an opportunity for Serbian experts to learn from Korean counterparts, and he expressed his pleasure that the Academy is an active participant, not just an observer, in the process of implementing artificial intelligence in public administration.

During the presentations and panels that followed, innovative solutions for the application of artificial intelligence in monitoring population trends were presented. Progress in building capacity for AI application in the public administration of the Republic of Serbia was discussed by speakers including Tijana Jokić (Government of RS Population Issues Team), Isak Kim (project leader), Changwan Ju (DGCC Director), Sean Lee (CSLee), and Biljana Marić (Assistant Director of the Office for IT).

Snezana Antonijević, Assistant Director of the National Academy for Public Administration, presented the educational offerings, experiences, and results of the Academy in strengthening the government's capacities in the fields of new technologies, big data, and artificial intelligence, as well as the directions for further development in this area.

The "Korea-Serbia Center for Cooperation in Digitization of Administration" project is being conducted by the Office for IT and e-Government of the Republic of Serbia in collaboration with the Korean National Information Society Agency. The project has been ongoing since 2020 and is concluding this year. During this period, areas of digitization of mutual interest to both sides have been defined, aligning with Serbia's strategic goals in digitizing public administration and implementing artificial intelligence for improved governance.