Mayor Park Won-soon Presents Vision for the 'Post-Corona Era' ... "Making Seoul a Model City"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Institute will hold a policy proposal forum on post-COVID response titled "Seoul's Policies Leading New Standards in the Post-Corona Era" at 2 p.m. on the 12th at Ferrum Tower Ferrum Hall.

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will deliver a keynote speech on the theme "Post-Corona, Standard City Seoul," presenting five major visions related to quarantine, the livelihood economy, social inequality response, transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, and international solidarity. There will also be a Q&A session with viewers watching the forum online.

In the following policy proposals, Son Chang-woo, a research fellow at the Seoul Institute, will explain the necessity of establishing a disaster safety organization for infectious disease response, revising manuals for each stage of infectious disease spread crisis, and formulating a continuity of operations plan (COP) by crisis stage to maintain Seoul's administrative management core functions and services under the theme "Seoul's Quarantine Model and Development Plan for Infectious Disease Response System."

Additionally, Kim Jin-ha, associate research fellow of the Citizen Economy Research Office at the Seoul Institute, will explain policy directions divided into small business owners, industry, and jobs under the theme "New Economic Strategy in the Post-Corona Era," proposing the introduction of the "Seoul Labor Account System" as an intermediate step toward a nationwide employment insurance system in the job sector.

Kim In-hee, director of the Urban Space Research Office at the Seoul Institute, will present on "Infrastructure Construction Plans for Flexible Urban Recovery," discussing urban spatial structure reorganization in the post-COVID-19 era and infrastructure construction plans to respond to a contactless society.

Following the Seoul Institute's policy forum, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold the "Cities Against COVID-19 Global Summit & Conference 2020" from the 1st to the 5th of next month, with participation from mayors of major overseas cities, domestic and international experts, and private companies to share quarantine experiences between cities and discuss post-corona measures.

Seoul Institute President Seo Wang-jin stated, "In the reality where the entire life of humanity is undergoing great changes due to COVID-19, we propose policies to carefully examine various aspects such as society, economy, and urban space to open a new paradigm for responding well to the post-corona era," adding, "I hope today's proposals will play a key role in leading Seoul to become a new standard."

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