Samil PwC announced on the 26th that it has launched the "PwC Korea-Japan G&PS Collaboration Center" to jointly address the structural issues in the public sector faced by both Korea and Japan.
This initiative comes as the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning recently announced strategies for national balanced development and the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), as part of a movement to innovate public services and establish sustainable cooperation models through policy, technology, and cultural exchanges.
The public cooperation center serves as a strategic collaboration platform aimed at addressing complex and significant social issues such as aging, local extinction, digital transformation, and the climate crisis by combining the experiences and expertise of both countries to promote sustainable public service innovation and create social value. PwC Japan is participating through its Government & Public Sector (G&PS) division, and plans to collaboratively design strategies and execution plans applicable to the domestic public sector based on its accumulated experiences in aging response, digital government, and regional development.
A spokesperson for Samil PwC noted, "During the Korea-Japan summit held last week, an agreement was reached to establish a consultative body between the two countries based on a consensus on social structural issues such as low birthrate and aging and local extinction," adding, "The public cooperation center can contribute to practical policy responses and execution strategies in line with this cooperative flow."
Samil PwC plans to provide comprehensive services across the public sector through the public cooperation center, including policy planning and execution, digital transformation, financial and organizational innovation, community support, and ESG strategies. In particular, policy design based on evidence-based policy making (EBPM), public service innovation, and the establishment of carbon neutrality strategies are expected to significantly contribute to the public policy direction of both countries in the future.
The public cooperation center will operate based on nine key tasks. Major tasks include ▲ "Net Zero" that includes carbon-neutral city strategies ▲ "Smart City" that implements sustainable cities by integrating new technologies ▲ "Welfare" focused on welfare policies to address aging ▲ "Public Policy Initiative (PPI)" that includes university collaboration-based policy proposals and public-private cooperation models ▲ "Digital" that includes local government digital transformation (DX) strategies and cloud infrastructure optimization ▲ "Industry & Technology (I&T)" that includes hydrogen and energy industry strategies and technology commercialization ▲ "Healthcare" that includes hospital development strategies and medical DX ▲ "Talent Transformation (TX)" that aims to solve local labor shortages and build re-skilling platforms ▲ "Transportation" that includes infrastructure operation strategies for rail and aviation.
These tasks are planned to lead to policy proposals and execution strategies through joint research and projects between experts from both countries, going beyond simple benchmarking. Samil PwC is promoting the publication of reports by sector, holding joint seminars, preparing policy proposals, and executing joint projects through continuous collaboration with PwC Japan, with the aim of maximizing synergies between the public sectors of both countries. In the future, Samil PwC plans to continuously discover cases of public sector cooperation between Korea and Japan through the public cooperation center and expand joint research and projects for policy and business model development.