Global MPM Insight

2025 MPM’s Key Activities on International Cooperation StrengthenedGlobal Coalition for Innovative Personnel Administration 2025MPM’s KeyActivities on International Cooperation Introduction With the further expansion of artificial intelligence, the advancement of data-driven administration, demographic shifts, and the growing complexity of administrative demands, governments worldwide are increasingly required to undertake fundamental reforms in the role of the civil service and the overall personnel management system. Personnel administration is no longer confined to a domestic policy domain. In addressing common challenges - securing top talent, strengthening public sector competitiveness, and innovating public services - international cooperation has become essential, enabling countries to share experiences and jointly seek effective solutions. In 2025, amid these evolving dynamics, MPM advanced multi-layered international cooperation, including trilateral cooperation among Korea, China, and Japan; multilateral engagement with the OECD and Asian partners; strategic bilateral cooperation; and collaboration grounded in education and knowledge sharing. Through these efforts, Korea shared its experience in personnel administration with the international community and played a leading role in shaping the global public personnel agenda. The following section reviews the key initiatives undertaken this year and examines their outcomes and significance. Choi Jeonghee Deputy Director of International Cooperation Division, MPM Global MPM Insight Vol.5 In 2005, the central personnel authorities of Korea, China, and Japan established the Trilateral Network on Public Personnel Administration. Marking its 20th anniversary in 2025, the Ministry of Personnel Management hosted the 10th Heads of Personnel Authorities Meeting of China, Japan and Korea in late September - the first time in a decade that the meeting was convened in Korea 1) . The meeting was attended by the Minister of Personnel Management of Korea; the heads of China’s National Civil Service Administration (NCSA) and Japan’s National Personnel Authority (NPA); representatives of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS); and delegations of young civil servants from the three countries. At the meeting, the three countries reviewed two decades of cooperation in public personnel administration and jointly explored directions for innovation to support future generations. They renewed the MOU on cooperation in public personnel administration, reaffirming their commitment to a sustainable partnership, and shared national policy initiatives aimed at enhancing the vitality of the civil service for future generations. MPM presented its key initiatives, including strengthened protection and support for proactive administration, improved treatment and working conditions for junior and front-line civil servants, and the advancement of performance-based personnel management. Notably, for the first time in the history of the Trilateral Meeting of Personnel Ministers, young civil servants from the three countries participated directly in the discussions. They exchanged views on the future of the civil service and directions for improving organizational culture, thereby creating a meaningful platform for intergenerational dialogue. The three countries - Korea, China, and Japan - are advancing their cooperation beyond simple exchanges toward a policy partnership that jointly explores strategic directions for public sector talent management. Building on two decades of collaboration since 2005, the partnership now looks ahead to the next 20 years of continued and deepened cooperation. 1. Heads of Personnel Authorities Meeting Of China, Japan and Korea : Shaping the Future Generation and the Next Two Decades 1) The trilateral meeting is held, in principle, on a rotating basis among the three countries every three years. 66 67 International Cooperation