A Delegation From Korea Visits ECSU
Minister of Interior Affairs of Korea (MOI) and Korean Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) Delegates visited Ethiopian Civil Service University for three consequent days, from November 10-12, 2015.
The group from MOI and KIPA, led by Dr. Dosuk lee, met with ECSU president and vice presidents and their teams to discuss the existing and future collaborations with the University. Topics discussed included potential co-operation on developing a master plan in order to initiate ICT supported human resource development and capacity building for public institutions as well as civil servant in Ethiopia.
At the opening of the visit Dr Hailemichael Aberra, president of ECSU welcomed the team and explained the history of the civil service in Ethiopia and the establishment, governance structure, core value and achievements of ECSU to the delegations. Dr. Hailemichael also explained the efforts that the University has been exerting to enhance the capacity of the leadership and civil servants in Ethiopia. “ The main objective of this partnership is working with Minister of Interior Affairs of Korea (MOI) and Korean Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) in order to create awareness about Ethiopia`s development and sharing your experiences,” said Dr Haile Michael .
Dr Mulugeta Debebe, vice president for training and consultancy of ECSU said this meeting is designed to enhance the proposed project and actually start off the activities. He added Ethiopia and Korea have a long standing relation and we are glad to re-new our partnership.
From Ethiopian Public Service and Human Resource Ministry, Ato Tesfaye Atire, Director of Federal Institutions Reform explained the back ground of Ethiopian public service and human resource, reform and capacity building efforts, major achievement and challenges and the institutional arrangements.
Dr. Samson Kassahun Educational Programs Vice President, Ato Birhanu Belayneh Research and Community Service Vice President and Dr. Mulugeta Debebe, Training and Consultancy Services Vice President in the occasion explained what the University has been doing through their respective divisions. Ato Kibru Seleshi , Head of Information Technology Service presented about the IT infrastructure of the University and the different software and applications used in the University.
Dr Dosuk lee, Associate Research fellow at KIPA ,explained the Korean training experience and public officials and personnel policy support system of Korean (PPSS) to Ethiopian civil service university team . He also explained the Human Resource Development efforts at different era starting from 1946 to 2010. We are “quite impressed” by the facilities and resources that ECSU has; and the visit was extremely productive. You are way advance in many aspects and you take away my fear that we are to start from scratch, said Dr Dosuk lee.
In the concluding program of the visit Dr. Hailemichael Aberra thanked the delegates for their interest to support Ethiopia and the University. He said, in the center of our development is efficient human resource so we value the initiative and work hard for the realization of the project. Human resource development is not only dealing with skills but also dealing with the way we think and open to new ideas and use it to the development of the country, said in conclusion.
The delegation also visited different schools, centers, departments, training facilities and community radio station of the university.