The Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Personnel Management (MPM), hosted the 2017 EROPA Conference in Seoul, Korea on 11-15 September 2017. The conference theme was “The Role of Public Governance in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming, Empowering and Network-Building.” The conference was organized by the National Human Resources Development Institute (NHI) (formerly known as the Central Officials Training Institute (COTI)) and the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA).