Fully Funded AI & GovTech Bootcamp in South Korea – World Bank

The GovTech Bootcamp for AI in Governance and Public Administration, delivered by the World Bank alongside Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety and National Information Society Agency, will select government teams for an intensive five-day fully funded programme focused on implementing AI in the public sector.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Fully funded participation for selected teams

• International travel and accommodation covered for two team members

• Five-day technical bootcamp in South Korea

• Direct learning from Korean public-sector AI practitioners

• Practical AI and coding workshops

• Support developing an AI implementation roadmap

• Guidance around data, infrastructure, governance and deployment

• Site visits and exposure to Korea’s public and private AI ecosystem

• Access to Korean and World Bank experts

• Potential follow-up technical assistance after the programme

• Visa invitation and coordination support provided.

Who can apply?

• Government institutions in low- and middle-income countries

• Upper-middle-income countries are also eligible

• The applicant must be a government agency — NGOs and international organisations cannot apply on a government's behalf

• The institution must be developing, piloting or deploying an AI solution for a public-sector challenge

• Projects can cover public financial management, civil service, HR, citizen services, civic tech, procurement, anticorruption, transparency and other government applications

• Each application must nominate a two-person team

• One participant should be a policy leader with decision-making authority

• The other should be a technical practitioner directly involved in the AI initiative

• Concept-stage projects are eligible, although proposals with strong institutional backing and actionable plans will be prioritised.

Deadline: 2 October 2026.