In November 2008, Korea established and announced the ‘National Informatization Master Plan (2008~2012)’ with the aim of responding actively to the adverse effects of informatization promotion and adjusting to the changing policy environment and new demands from society. For the successful execution of the master plan, the ‘National Informatization Action Plan’ was also established in May 2009.

Under the vision of achieving an ‘Advanced Knowledge Information Society Based on Creativity and Trust’, the Informatization Action Plan provides two main goals ? economic recovery and enhanced national competitiveness. 20 agenda items and 205 tasks are also provided in order to achieve creative soft-power, cutting-edge infrastructure for digital convergence, trusted information society, efficient knowledge government and people prospering through digitalization, all of which back up this vision.

As the action plan is put into practice, civil application services are provided one-stop, at real-time without having to visit public offices and receiving paper documents and the procedures for establishing a business have also been simplified. Such improvements in citizen convenience and business competitiveness is expected to save KRW 7.312 trillion in social and economic costs; while at the same time, integration, maintenance, sharing and utilization of information resources are expected to save KRW 5.990 trillion in administrative costs. In other words, KRW 5.200 trillion input into national informatization will save approximately KRW 13.300 trillion in the next four years. In addition, 142,000 specialized and sustainable jobs are expected to be newly created in the area of informatization promotion.