The Hills Governance Center
at Yonsei (HGCY) seeks to promote good governance across
the private, public, and civic sectors by addressing
institutional sources of corruption and promoting transparency
and accountability within and among those sectors. The
Center will advance good governance by conducting rigorous
research and analysis and disseminating the results,
facilitating sectoral and regional dialogue, and developing
educational tools to improve governance today and empower
those who will ensure good governance tomorrow.
The Center was established in September
2003, under the joint auspices of both the Hills
Program on Governance of the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) and the World
Bank. Building on CSIS¡¯ 40-year commitment to international
strategic problem solving, the CSIS Hills Program on
Governance recognizes that the strength of governing
institutions, whether private or public, rests on their
degree of transparency and accountability. The World
Bank supports countries in improving governance and
controlling corruption through rigorous and participatory
action-oriented learning and capacity-building tools.
The Center came into being through the joint efforts
of the CSIS Hills Program on Governance, the World Bank
and the Graduate School of International Studies of
Yonsei University.
HGCY will contribute to strengthening
inter-sectoral collaboration and building more effective
governance structures in the public and private sectors.
In this age of growing global interdependence, by encouraging
stronger and more effective governance for the international
business environment, the Center can ensure more equitable
participation in the benefits of globalization, at home
and abroad.