The EROPA Development Management Center

The EROPA Development Management Center was established in November 1966 in the Central Officials Training Institute (COTI) in Seoul, Korea. As an agency under EROPA, the Center aims to contribute to effective development and improvement of organization and management programs in Public Administration in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since 1987, the Center, in collaboration with the COTI, has been conducting international Executive Development Program (EDP) for Government Officials from EROPA member countries, as well as countries outside the Asia-Pacific region, as one of its main activities. Countries outside the region that have participated in various EDPs include Guyana, Hungary, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Czech Republic, Chile, Romania and Bahrain. The international EDP focuses on strategies associated with Korea’s rapid economic development and the morale training of Korean government officials who have played key roles in that development.

The Center, along with the COTI, has moved to a new area in Kyenggi-do which is still in the vicinity of Seoul. The campus with the modern and most sophisticated educational and research facilities serves to revitalize the functions and activities of the centers.

The primary objective of the COTI is to develop government officials by providing, at the national level, in-service management development training for senior executives in the government. In addition, the COTI gives support to other public sector training institutes and centers.

Activities of the EROPA Development Management Center and COTI

2006

• As of October 2006, the COTI and EROPA Development Management Center have already conducted 146 international trainings for foreign government officials, involving a combined total of 2, 700 participants from 104 countries.
• Conduct of 11 international programs for about 230 foreign officials, 100 of which were from 7 EROPA member countries, namely: People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
• Publication of the 16th issue of the COTI Higlight, the COTI annual publication.

• Conduct of 8 international training programs, with a combined total of 176 participants from 27 countries:
• 3 EDPs for Malaysian Government Officials
• EDP for Omani Government Officials
• EDP for Russian Government Officials
• Administrative Information Management Program
• The International Women Managers' Leadership Program

•  Publication of the 15th issue of the COTI Highlight

• COTI's adoption of a long term vision of "Cultivating Creative and Innovative Government Officials for an Advanced Korea Through Training for Innovative Government Administration," "Training for a Globalized World," and "Training for Opening Up the Future".
• Introduction of a new Corporate Logo aimed at further enhancing COTI's image as an internationally recognized human capital development center.
• Conduct of an Alumni Homecoming and International Seminar

• Conduct of 10 international training programs, including EDPs for Russian and Afghanistani Government Officials, attended by 210 foreign officials--140 of which were from 9 EROPA member countries, namely: People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Contact Information

EROPA Development Management Center
Central Officials Training Institute
2 Jungang-dong, Gwacheon City,
Gyeonggi Province, 427-726
Republic of Korea
Website: http://eng.coti.go.kr