ITU Centres of Excellence Network for Asia-Pacific

National Information Society Agency (NIA)

Online Training Course on
Digital Government & Smart City for Resilience
30 November- 18 December 2020

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Title
Digital Government & Smart City for Resilience

Designed in collaboration between National Information Society

Agency(NIA) , World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization(WeGo)
and the African Development Bank(AfDB), this program aims to
Objectives build an understanding of policy and services in digital government
and smart city for development, and improve capacities to respond
to disaster and social crisis by utilizing a concept of ‘resilience’ in
field of digital government and smart city.

Dates
30 November to 18 December 2020

Duration 3 weeks

Registration deadline 25 November 2020

Training fees Free

Course code 20OI26237ASP-E

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this training course, participants will acquire:

• Understanding policies and services related to digital government and smart city;
• Understanding a concept of ‘resilience’;
• Finding ways for applicable uses of ‘resilience’ in the field of digital government and smart city, and
• Learning best practices for resilience of digital government and smart city from countries (including
Republic of Korea)

TARGET POPULATION

This training course is targeted at government officials of the ITU members, who are interested in
improving their understanding the digital government and smart city and policies governing the sector.

TUTORS/INSTRUCTORS

• TBC

EVALUATION

Besides the tests and their assignment score, participants will be evaluated according to their substantive
posts on the discussion forum. The evaluation details and criteria for certificates is as follows.

Quiz #1
25%

Quiz #2
25%

Quiz #3
25%

Individual Assignment
25%

Total Evaluation:
100%

IMPORTANT: A PASSING MARK OF 60% IS REQUIRED FOR OBTAINING A COMPLETION CERTIFICATE .

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TRAINING SCHEDULE AND CONTENTS

Week Day, Date Schedule and content

Module1 :
Week 1
• Introduction to Digital Government Policies &
Overview of Services in Korea
Digital • Introduction to Smart City Policies & Cases in
Government & Korea
• Introduction to Smart City Project in Korea
Smart City

Week 2 Module2 : • Understanding of ‘Resilience’ in Digital Government &

Smart City
Build Resilience in • Emerging Technologies Applied for Digital Government &
Digital Smart City
Government & • Strategies and Planning for Resilient Digital Government &
Smart City Smart City

Week 3
Module3 : • Economic Recovery Strategy against COVID-19 Pandemic:
Case Studies for the Korean Digital New Deal Master plan
• Digital Services for Citizens
Digital
• Citizen-centric Approach to Strengthen Digital
Government & Government & Smart City Resilience
Smart City • How to Develop Project Concept Paper for Digital
Resilience Government & Smart City Resilience

METHODOLOGY

Video Lectures: Each three module will be available for the video lectures that introduce the topics of the
module. (Nine video lectures will be available for the first three weeks of the module）
Course materials: Each three module will be available for the course material on the website. (Nine
materials will be available for the first three weeks of the module).
Quizzes: Three mandatory quizzes will be held during the course
Assignment: There will be a mandatory assignment for the course

Please see the section on Evaluation for details.

Course evaluation and feedback would be done at the end of the course and is a part of the mandatory
activity.

COURSE COORDINATION

Mr. Sean Doral (sean.doral@itu.int) from the ITU and Ms. Heeheun Lee (hhlee@nia.or.kr) from the NIA are
at your full disposal should you require any additional information.

REGISTRATION
Registration should be made online at the ITU Academy portal.

To be able to register for the course you MUST first create an account in the ITU Academy portal at the
following address: https://academy.itu.int/index.php/user/register

COURSE REGISTRATION

When you have an existing account or created a new account, you can register for the course online at the
following link: https://academy.itu.int/training-courses/full-catalogue/digital-government-smart-city-
resilience

You can also register by finding your desired course in our training catalogue
https://academy.itu.int/training-courses/full-catalogue

Please note that online registration should be done before 25 November 2020.

Online Payment

This course is being offered free of charge to participants with support from NIA. The participants (or their
entities) will have to cover their own internet access costs for participation.

ITU Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence