Transcript Korean Human Capital in Innovation policy

Human Capital Development
in Korean Innovation Strategy
Nov.17~18, 2008
OECD/Germany workshop
Mi-Jung UM
STEPI, KOREA
Background
Korea has focused on Innovation
strategy and national human
resources development.
 For the its comprehensive policy, each
Prime minister for NHRD and S&T was
appointed at previous government.
 With the government change, two
prime ministries were combined into
‘Ministry of Education and S&T’.
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Assessment of two prime
ministries system
trial to coordinate related policies in
view of NHRD or National Innovation
strategy
 Overview chance to check the
relationship btn HRD and Innovation
policies
 Little trial to integrate policies between
innovation and HRD
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Two prime ministries
The Strategy
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2nd Basic plan for Innovation policy,
577 initiative, issued in August, 2008
5% R&D expenditure of GDP
 7 focusing technology and system infra
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Science as culture
 Improving S&T skills for childhood and the
public
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7th strong Korea in S&T field
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New government’s 100 themes pronounced
in last month,
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‘Strong Korea in Human capital’ is one of four
governmental goals
S&T and Education policy go together to pursue
future potential improvement, supported by
administrative structure reform
New Minister has tried to build integrated
goals btn S&T and HRD policies
Main human capital focus
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Life-long learning skills
Understanding S&T
 Establishing life-long learning system
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Childhood’s and youth’s math, S&T
capability
 Strengthening Universities’ Capability
and enhancing future potential
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Impetus
old age society rapidly
 Innovation system transition from
catch-up to creative system
 Industrial structural change into
Service based economy
 Administrative structure reform
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To pursue small and efficient government
 To integrate the education and innovation
policy to enhance the future potential
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Types of policies
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Strengthening childhood’s STEM capability
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Curriculum redesigning to improve creativity and problemsolving skills
Supporting the programs and contents development for
students to have opportunity to contact science
Assurance assessment for university students
Expanding the investment to communicate between
the S&T experts and the publics or the other field
experts
Expanding the support of intermediate program
between S&T and social and economic fields, for
example, MOT, financial engineering etc.
Expanding the investment to support
Adult S&T learning program
 Enforcing reform of Higher education
institutions to respond the life-long
learning needs
 Developing agenda related with
education and S&T simultaneously,
especially curriculum, university policy,
etc.
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Ministries involved
Ministry of Education and S&T
 Ministry of Knowledge Economy
 Council of National S&T
 Advisory Committee for Education and
S&T
 Ministry of Labor
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Implications
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Korea takes a beginning step to
integrate education and S&T issues.
Two prime ministers system of Korea did
not work well, especially integrate human
capital policy with innovation policy
 Establishing ministry of education and
S&T is one another experience to
integrate both policy.
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