Seoul Center Knowledge Operations
Overview of Programmatic Advisory Services and Analytics (PASA)
With regard to the Seoul Center’s knowledge generation and partnerships, two complementary Programmatic Advisory Services and Analytics (PASAs) were designed on key areas of importance for financial sector and private sector development, and related institutional capacity building.
These PASAs facilitate a series of knowledge generation, exchange, and technical assistance activities to strengthen and modernize financial and private sector systems, leveraging Korea’s experience, expertise, and resources. They cover thematic areas of financial stability and resilience, innovative finance, SME digitization, fostering innovative entrepreneurship, and building innovation policy.
- Financial Sector Development
The development objective of the Seoul Center Financial Sector PASA is to strengthen and modernize financial systems and related institutional capacity in client countries through the provision of targeted technical assistance/ advisory services, analytics/ knowledge generation, knowledge transfer, and capacity building by leveraging Korean partners’ resources and expertise.
- Private Sector Development
The objective of this PASA is to improve private sector innovation, competitive performance, and related institutional capabilities in EAP and other client countries through generation and provision of knowledge, targeted technical assistance and advisory services, and knowledge transfer and capacity building.
Seoul Center KTF-supported Country Programs
| Phase 1 (Apr 2012 - Dec 2017) | ||||
| Country | Grant Name | Status | Implementation Period | Grant Amount (USD) |
China | China Financial Reform Strategy Report | Closed | March 2013–February 2014 | 469,715 |
Indonesia | Indonesia Crisis Simulation Framework | Closed | March 2013– March 2014 | 314,063 |
China | China Financial Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy | Closed | May 2013– | 456,756 |
PNG | TA to Implementing PNG Financial Competency Survey | Closed | July 2013–November 2015 | 474,661 |
Thailand | Thailand: Solvency Modernization and Risk-Based Capital Project | Closed | Jul 2013– | 399,282 |
Mongolia | Mongolia Capital Markets Development | Closed | September 2013–August 2016 | 366,321 |
Regional | East Asia Regional Financial Integration | Closed | January 2014–October 2015 | 385,115 |
China | Evaluation of Financial Consumer Education in China | Closed | March 2014–September 2016 | 217,183 |
Regional | National Risk Assessment ASEAN | Closed | May 2015–December 2018 | 603,417 |
Global | Basel Pillar 2 Implementation Toolkit | Closed | October 2015–June 2018 | 305,807 |
Myanmar | Myanmar: Scaling Up Financial Services for the Poor | Closed | October 2015–December 2018 | 3,649,423 |
Cambodia | South East Asia: Financial Sector Development PA | Closed | January 2016–December 2019 | 1,442,599 |
Mongolia | Mongolia - Financial Sector Development Support PA | Closed | May 2016–October 2018 | 1,920,000 |
Philippines | PH Financial Development and Inclusion | Closed | September 2016–May 2020 | 624,712 |
Vietnam | Vietnam Capital Markets and NBFI's Development | Closed | November 2016–August 2018 | 1,435,867 |
Lao PDR | South East Asia: Financial Sector Development PA | Closed | December 2016–October 2018 | 800,000 |
Global | Case Studies on De-Risking | Closed | March 2017–August 2018 | 142,371 |
Total | 14,007,292 | |||
| Phase 2 (Jan 2018 - Jun 2020) | ||||
| Country | Grant Name | Status | Implementation Period | Grant Amount (USD) |
Mongolia | Mongolia Financial Sector Development Program | Closed | August 2018– | 461,589 |
Lao PDR | South East Asia: Financial Sector Development PA | Closed | October 2018–December 2020 | 519,899 |
Lao PDR | Lao PDR Financial Sector Development ASA Program | Active | July 2019– | 1,000,000 |
Cambodia | Cambodia Financial Sector Development TA | Closed | September 2019– | 700,000 |
Mongolia | Mongolia Financial Sector Support TA | Active | February 2020–June 2022 | 1,500,000 |
Myanmar | Myanmar: Scaling Up Financial Services for the Poor | Cancelled | September 2018– | 780,346 |
| Total | 4,961,834 | ||
Phase 3 (Jul 2020 - PRESENT) | ||||
| Country | Grant Name | Status | Implementation Period | Grant Amount (USD) |
Vietnam | Vietnam Financial Inclusion Support Program | Active | April 2021–December 2022 | 850,000 |
Pacific Islands | COVID-19 Financial Sector Monitoring Pacific Islands | Active | July 2021– | 250,000 |
India | DT4D Pilot for BETI | Active | October 2021–March 2023 | 150,000 |
Indonesia | DT4D Connecting Communities and Local Governments to Co-Create Circular Economy Approaches in Indonesian Cities | Active | October 2021–March 2023 | 150,000 |
Global | DT4D Program 2.0 | Active | November 2021-February 2022 | 67,000 |
| Indonesia | Investment & Competitiveness Programmatic Advisory Services and Analysis | Active | January 2022 - December 2022 | 945,000 |
| Indonesia | Financial Crisis Preparedness, Insurance Reform and Climate-related Risk Assessment for the Financial Sector | Active | January 2022 - November 2022 | 765,000 |
| Philippines | Private Sector Led Economic Recovery Through Digital and Green Investment for Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth | Active | January 2022 - May 2023 | 1,500,000 |
| Philippines | Achieving a Resilient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Financial Sector to Accelerate Economic Recovery | Active | January 2022 - December 2023 | 1,705,200 |
| Cambodia | Supporting Financial Stability and Inclusion in Cambodia | Active | Feburary 2022 - May 2023 | 1,004,200 |
| Total | 5,919,400 | ||
