Public Procurement Service (PPS) Administrator Lim Ki-keun, entrance row fifth from left, poses with distinguished visitors on the ninth Worldwide Public Procurement Workshop at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Courtesy of PPS
The Worldwide Public Procurement Workshop 2025, co-hosted by the Public Procurement Service (PPS) and the Organisation for Financial Co-operation and Growth (OECD), attracted tons of of presidency officers and trade leaders from 10 international locations, PPS officers mentioned Thursday.
The three-day occasion, which can proceed by way of Friday, is held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The workshop, which was launched in 2016, has since superior discussions on sharing world public procurement points and Korea’s public procurement insurance policies.
The annual occasion introduced collectively 10 international locations main central procurement — Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Eire, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and Britain.
Among the many key subjects would be the significance of strategic procurement and the digital transformation of e-procurement.
Public Procurement Service (PPS) Administrator Lim Ki-keun, proper, shakes fingers with Mehmet Bickici, deputy president of Public Procurement Authority of Turkey, throughout the ninth Worldwide Public Procurement Workshop at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Courtesy of PPS
Through the occasion, the PPS shared Korea’s digital innovation efforts in public procurement and expertise in establishing the Subsequent-Era KONEPS, or the Korea ON-line E-Procurement System.
The state-run procurement company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Public Procurement Authority of Turkey to boost public procurement cooperation.
The PPS held bilateral conferences with Canada, France and Norway to debate cooperation in strategic procurement and e-procurement, shared experiences in enacting its public procurement legislation and expanded change alternatives amongst suppliers.
PPS Administrator Lim Ki-keun mentioned this 12 months’s occasion holds nice significance because it serves as a platform for collectively exploring the significance of strategic procurement and digital transformation.
“We are going to proceed to strengthen cooperation with the OECD and superior international locations within the subject of procurement administration to make sure that Korea’s public procurement leads world requirements,“ Lim mentioned.
In the meantime, the MOU between the general public procurement authorities of Korea and Turkey renewed one initially signed in 2013.
Central to the renewed MOU is Korea’s sharing of data concerning the institution of the Subsequent-Era KONEPS and the introduction of revolutionary public procurement market trade gamers.
Lim mentioned the PPS is dedicated to sharing its experience in establishing and working the Subsequent-Era KONEPS with the world. “We are going to actively help Korean corporations in increasing their presence in Turkey — a key strategic hub connecting Europe and Asia.“
