National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights of the Elderly and founding the ASEM Human Rights Policy Center for the Elderly (tentatively named). The progress will be reported at the 11th ASEM Summit (scheduled to be held in Mongolia). In the mid- and long-term, the ASEM Human Rights Policy Center for the Elderly will play an important role in encouraging the protection and promotion of human rights for the elderly, developing action plans, and monitoring their implementation by collecting and building a comprehensive database regarding the current human rights conditions of senior citizens in ASEM member states. C. 6th Batch of the Monitoring Group on the Rights of the Elderly and its Monitoring Activities In 2014, the Commission organized the 6th batch of the Monitoring Group on the Rights of the Elderly (60 members) and surveyed 1,700 people, aged 60 or older, through questionnaire-based interviews in order to monitor the accessibility of the elderly to information. According to the survey results, 27.5% of respondents do not use IT devices at all with more than half (56%) of that 27.5% answering they either do not know how to use IT devices, or that IT devices are too complicated. 17.6% said they don’t use IT devices as there is no need to do so, while 11.6% are concerned about money issues such as buying the device and paying the communication fees. In response to what they think is necessary for them to use information technology are education on how to use IT devices (32.3%), reduced rates (22.1%), and subsidy for purchasing (19.0%) in descending order. The Commission announced the survey results conducted by the 6th batch of the Monitoring Group on the Rights of the Elderly on November 6 along with regional Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Institutions, Policies and Practices ▪▪▪ 57