The Cultural Partnership Initiative program has been conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. This is a cultural residency project which invites specialists within the fields of culture, arts, industry, tourism, and physical education for six months to experience their sectors within Korea.

 This year, Korea Copyright commission invited 3 participants from Vietnam(Mr. Do Tran Phuong), Laos(Ms. Vongsavath Sonedaly) and Thailand(Ms. Srihirun Phunnisa) to join the Cultural Partnership Initiative program.

 The CPI participants are from various countries including 26 countries in Asia, 25 countries in Middle East and Africa, 25 countries in Latin America and 6 countries in Europe.