National AI Strategy Committee Discusses AI Social Legitimacy With European Policymakers, Labor Leaders
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The National AI Strategy Committee met with a European high-level delegation from FES's '2026 Future of Work Lab' to discuss the social legitimacy of the national AI strategy.
The two sides examined the direction of AI policy between Korea and Europe, focusing on the need for social dialogue in the AI transition and ways to strengthen democratic accountability.
The National AI Strategy Committee said it agreed that a national AI strategy should consider technological competitiveness and industrial growth alongside employment, social inequality, social security, and public trust.
The National AI Strategy Committee met with a European high-level delegation from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) '2026 Future of Work Lab' and held talks on the social legitimacy of the national AI strategy. The National AI Strategy Committee met with them on the 1st.
The topic of discussion that day was 'Building a national AI strategy with social legitimacy.' Participants discussed the direction of AI policy between Korea and Europe, focusing on the need for social dialogue in the AI transition and ways to strengthen democratic accountability.
On the European side, 12 figures from the policy and labor sectors attended. They included Nicola Schmit, chair of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS); Brando Benifei, a member of the European Parliament; Esther Lynch, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC); Gaby Bischoff, vice chair of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament; and Anika Klose, a member of the German Bundestag.
From the National AI Strategy Committee, standing vice chair Ha Jeong-woo, Park Tae-woong, head of the public AX subcommittee, Kim E-yeong, head of the AI democracy subcommittee, committee member Lee Dong-su of the technology innovation and infrastructure subcommittee, committee member Kim Young-ok of the industrial AX and ecosystem subcommittee, and committee member Kim Gyeong-hun of the social subcommittee attended.
Both sides agreed that when formulating a national AI strategy, technological competitiveness and industrial growth should be considered alongside employment, social inequality, social security, public trust, and democratic accountability. The discussions aimed to broaden the focus of AI policy beyond technological development and industrial competitiveness alone to include labor and social changes brought by the spread of technology, as well as public participation.
Accordingly, the need for social dialogue in the process of AI expansion was discussed, and a proposal was put forward for the government, industry, labor, and civil society to participate in such dialogue. The National AI Strategy Committee said the government is pursuing a 'Three Great AI Powers' leap forward while setting 'AI Basic Society' as a policy direction aimed at enabling all citizens to benefit from AI.
Under the 'AI Basic Society' vision, the National AI Strategy Committee proposed using AI in essential public services and promoting the nationwide AI service 'Everyone's AI,' saying the goal is to expand AI accessibility. It also said it plans to reflect social acceptance and trust as key policy factors in the future process of formulating the national AI strategy.
Ha Jeong-woo, standing vice chair of the National AI Strategy Committee, said that the conditions for completing AI competitiveness cannot be met by technological and industrial achievements alone, and that public trust and participation are needed; when those are in place, they lead to sustainable national competitiveness. Based on that, he said Korea needs to build a new national model in which technology and democracy develop together in the era of AI, beyond simply being a country that uses AI.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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