	Press Release

			Sep. 7.2023 (Thurs)

Korea leads policy trends in public procurement

Going beyond e-Procurement to Procurement systems

PPS  hosted its Public Procurement Policy Session

for Diplomatic Corps from thirteen Asia-Pacific nations

‘K-Public Procurement’ has been expanding beyond e-procurement to procurement systems in its move abroad.

The Public Procurement Service(PPS) held the Public Procurement Policy Session for the Asia-Pacific Diplomatic Corps in Korea on September 7, 2023, at the Korea Press Center in Seoul.

The event was designed for sharing different procurement administration and systems of each participating country, strengthening international cooperation in the field.

PPS’s first-ever session on procurement policies for diplomatic corps in Korea was attended by twenty diplomats from thirteen regional countries including ambassadors of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste. They paid great attention to overall government procurement and digital public procurement in Korea.

In addition, major K-Public Procurement systems and policies including ‘Innovation Procurement’, ‘Quality and Safety Management’ and ‘Fair Procurement’ implemented under the “Public Procurement Innovation Strategies’ were also presented during the session.

On top of that, the Next-Generation KONEPS (Korea ON-line E-Procurement System), aimed to be launched in 2024, and its new features were introduced. And throughout the event extensive discussions were also made regarding the role and ways forward of international cooperation in public procurement of Korea as a ‘Global Pivotal State’

PPS Administrator Kim Yoon-sang stated, “Taking this procurement policy session as an initial step, PPS will continue to share ideas on globally renowned KONEPS and Korea’s procurement policies with various countries.”