BIOGRAPHY

Youngseok Kim is a Senior Governance Specialist in the Governance Global Practice (GGP) of the World Bank. He is currently working in the GovTech team for supporting GovTech projects and contributing to several GovTech activities such as GovTech case studies, GovTech Maturity Index, GovTech Academy, and policy/how-to-notes in the areas of service delivery, CivicTech, Interoperability, and Greening GovTech. Prior to joining the World Bank, Youngseok worked in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety of the Republic of Korea. At the Ministry, he has contributed to establishing and developing major policies, including Korea’s Government Innovation Plan and Digital Government Strategy. He also worked on policies to support the administrative innovation of local governments. He has a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Southern California.

TOPIC

Digital Transformation for Public Financial Management (PFM) in the Republic of Indonesia and Republic of Korea

ABSTRACT

The presentation provides experiences of Digital Transformation for Public Financial Management (PFM) in the Republic of Indonesia and Republic of Korea. The presentation provides the overview of core government systems for PFM, their implementation and some key lessons learned. It shows how digital transformation helps to improve government operations such as revenue, treasury and contribute to increased efficiency and transparency of the public sector. In addition, it highlights the importance of a more integrated PFM Information system at the central and local government, better Fiscal Data Disclosure platforms of the Government and State-Owned Enterprises, and National Participatory Budget platform.