The government of Seoul is using ICON, the largest project in South Korea by valuation, to process information, issue documents, and conduct a wide range of administrative tasks.
On February 8, the Seoul Metropolitan Government moved forward with its plans to develop a ecosystem with the people of Seoul by creating the Seoul Governance Team.
The Seoul Governance Team is composed of 40 college students, 30 normal residents, 20 developers, and 10 industry experts. The team will develop, test, and deploy distributed -based systems in the upcoming months for the government.
Ultimately, the Seoul Metropolitan Government expects to integrate applications created from the city-wide initiative into the core operating IT system of the government that is used to carry out key administrative activities.
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To formalize the establishment of the Seoul Governance team, the government sent letters of appointment to all 100 members of the team.
Source: ICON Foundation
The letters were processed on the ICON network through a mobile application. Because they were processed on a public network, the letters of appointment are publicly accessible with distributed explorers.
Letters of Appointment Sent Out by the Government of Seoul in the Form of Transactions
The usage of ICON to distribute government documents is the first case in which the government of South Korea utilized a distributed network to process information.
J.H. Kim, a council member of the ICON Foundation and CEO of ICONLOOP, said in an exclusive interview with CCN that the initiative will be a stepping stone towards broader of and decentralized systems by the government of South Korea.
He said:
We see this project as the first step in the of ‘public ’ extending from the current private usage by public agencies in South Korea. ICONLOOP will work closely with the city’s administrative services to realize the future where disruptive technology to underpin many aspects of our daily lives.”
Speaking to CCN, Kim emphasized the use case of private distributed projects in linking efficient systems to a public network.
“We are thrilled to have a great opportunity to lead public use-cases on top of the ICON Network led by the government; this became only possible based on our private projects in cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to provide transparent and efficient -based administration services,” Kim said.
In the long-term, both the ICON team and the government of Seoul expect to utilize the distributed technology to process crucial administration services such as citizenship card services, authentication of documents, sub-contract payments, and mileage points integration.
Seoul’s Proactive Initiatives
In October 2018, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon first the ambitious plans of his office to transform Seoul into a city.
In Zurich, Switzerland, Mayor Park stated that the city will establish an ecosystem that could fuel the of the distributed technology and .
By 2021, Mayor Park said that Mapo, a major district in Seoul, will support a “ park” that with more than 200 companies working on the development of distributed technology.
Last month, Mayor Park that the government will develop a citizen’s card using the distributed which will be used to process payments, mileage, and carry out a variety of daily tasks.
The government selected ICONLOOP as the official operator of the Seoul Demonstration Project and the ICON team is expected to be involved in the development of most distributed -based applications of Seoul in the years to come.
Initially, the grand vision of the government of Seoul was met with mixed reactions from analysts and the local community. But, as the government continues to push its plans forward and show progress, it may convince the people of Seoul that the can be widely implemented.
Published at Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:13:04 +0000
