<p>South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) initially started a partnership with the signging of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two countries to deepen economic cooperation in six strategic areas. One of the key areas for strengthening bilateral cooperation was the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and the heads of the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and the Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Center (ADSIC) signed an MOU to closely cooperate for three years (2010-2012) within the framework of a Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP).</p>
<p>KDI shared Korea’s best practices in three ICT priority issues for the Abu Dhabi government including</p>
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<li>Emirate-wide wireless broadband</li>
<li>an ICT R&D Center; and</li>
<li>an Information Security Management System</li>
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<p>The results for the eight distinguished topics and the three priority issues were disseminated through a seminar and a workshop in Abu Dhabi.</p>
<p>This report reviews Korea’s ICT development experiences in such areas as e-Literacy, GIS (Geographic Information System), and capacity bulding for information security. It also analyzes policy efforts in the domain of Green ICT which has recently emerged as a new growth engine. Together with an overview of government policies in the four areas, the report is designed for utilization by countries that are preparing or implementing policies in the relevant areas by explaining the policies with a focus on key policy means, success factors, and policy suggestions or implications.</p>