Gyeonggi Province Mayors and County Governors Association Holds Major Projects Implementation Report Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Gyeonggi Province Mayors and County Governors Association held an online New Year's greetings from the executive committee and a major projects implementation plan report meeting on the 13th.

Those in attendance included Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook (Association Chairman), Gimpo Mayor Jung Ha-young (Vice Chairman), Gunpo Mayor Han Dae-hee (Vice Chairman), Gapyeong County Governor Kim Sung-ki (Vice Chairman), Icheon Mayor Um Tae-jun (Auditor), Yeoju Mayor Lee Hang-jin (Executive Director), and Guri Mayor Ahn Seung-nam (Spokesperson).

Following New Year's greetings among the executives, the meeting discussed major projects to be promoted by the association: ▲'Gyeonggi Province Mayors and County Governors Academy' ▲Launch of the association's homepage and publication of online newsletters ▲Composition of the association's policy advisory group.

The executives committed to doing their utmost to actively promote these projects and achieve good results. They requested that the association's secretariat undertake and conduct the practical operations.

Among the major projects, the 'Gyeonggi Province Mayors and County Governors Academy,' which Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook has been promoting since taking office as association chairman, aims to establish a voluntary learning space for Gyeonggi Province mayors and county governors and to cultivate the capacity to creatively regenerate their regions.

To this end, the plan is to establish a basic curriculum and conduct lectures and discussions by experts from various fields such as local autonomy and decentralization, welfare policy, innovative education, ecological environment, and employment issues in each session.