Gyeonggi Province Hosts Urban Policy Forum

Gyeonggi Province will hold the 'Gyeonggi Province Urban Policy Forum' on the 21st at the seminar room of the Gyeonggi Human Resources Development Institute.

The forum will be attended by approximately 60 people including experts from academia and research institutions such as Dr. Sang-dae Yi of GRI and Dr. Nam-jung Kim of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, as well as officials from city and county urban policy, urban regeneration, and new city development departments.

The forum will proceed with the themes of 'Fostering Creative Cities' and 'Creating Safe New Cities'.

First, under the theme of 'Fostering Creative Cities', the forum will diagnose issues of reduced regional growth and declining urban competitiveness due to aging populations and industrial obsolescence, and seek countermeasures.

Additionally, under the theme of 'Creating Safe New Cities', the forum will gather diverse opinions on ways to develop 'safe cities' where people of all ages and genders can live with peace of mind.

Dr. Sang-dae Yi, director of the Future Vision Research Institute at Gyeonggi Development Institute, will present the keynote on 'Urban Competitiveness and Creative City Strategy', while Dr. Nam-jung Kim, senior research fellow at the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, will present the keynote on 'Ways to Create Safe New Cities'.

Following the keynote presentations, experts in related fields including Professor Joo-young Choi of Daejin University as moderator, Professor Sang-in Jeon of Seoul National University Graduate School of Environmental Studies, and Research Fellow Muk-han Kim of the Seoul Institute will conduct discussions.

Furthermore, officials from Gyeonggi Province and city and county governments will also exchange opinions on policy implementation methods and directions for institutional improvement necessary for policy adoption.

Yu Young-bong, Gyeonggi Province's Commissioner for Convergent Urban Policy, stated, "We have prepared this forum to seek creative policy transformation in response to the rapidly changing urban policy paradigm," and added, "We will actively utilize the keynote presentation contents and expert discussion results in formulating Gyeonggi Province's future urban policies."