Dobong-gu Shares COVID-19 Best Practices with Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region

RCE City Dobong-gu Shares Best Practices for Overcoming the Global COVID-19 Pandemic on the 14th

A Dobong-gu official is presenting best practices related to COVID-19 response at the Asia-Pacific RCE Cities Webinar on the 14th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dobong-gu (Mayor Lee Dong-jin) participated on the 14th in a webinar titled ‘Sharing Best Practices for COVID-19’ held online with participation from Asia-Pacific RCE cities to overcome the globally spread COVID-19 pandemic, and presented excellent cases of COVID-19 response.

Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development are local hubs promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), with 167 cities in 59 countries certified as of 2019.

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, international organizations (UN, UNESCO, etc.) have been promoting the sharing of excellent response cases across education, medicine, politics, economy, society, and culture to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

To this end, on the 14th, a webinar titled ‘Education for Sustainable Development Actions in the COVID-19 Era: Experiences of Asia-Pacific RCEs’ was co-hosted by the United Nations University, RCE Srinagar (Srinagar, India), and RCE Greater Western Sydney (Greater Western Sydney, Australia).

The webinar was attended by 15 cities from 10 countries’ RCEs. Korea has six RCE cities, and Dobong-gu participated in the webinar to present excellent cases implemented to block the spread of COVID-19 and overcome community crises.

The response cases presented by the district include △holding emergency countermeasure meetings and expanding the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in response to the outbreak △operating a 24-hour COVID-19 response situation room and screening clinics △opening the nation’s first ‘online worship room’ △holding the first public-private video conference, the 1st Governance Dobong-gu Meeting △closing multi-use public facilities △emergency financial support △strengthening disinfection of multi-use facilities and providing quarantine supplies such as masks and hand sanitizers △disinfection of academies and private institutes △promoting COVID-19 prevention rules through various media △conducting social distancing exercises and campaigns to narrow emotional distances △sharing ‘Good Masks’ △operating emergency care services to fill care gaps △running ‘Click! e After School’ for after-school instructors and village teachers △hosting online hope concerts, among other excellent COVID-19 cases implemented by Dobong-gu shared with RCE cities.

The RCE cities participating in this webinar highly praised that sharing Dobong-gu’s best practices helped them share information on Korea’s overall COVID-19 response effectively.

Additionally, various participating RCE cities shared cases to understand the COVID-19 response situation and overcome it based on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Mayor Lee Dong-jin of Dobong-gu stated, “I hope Dobong-gu’s COVID-19 overcoming process will help the world and serve as a stepping stone for overcoming COVID-19.”

Dobong-gu and RCE cities in the Asia-Pacific region participated in a webinar on April 14 showcasing best practices in COVID-19 response.

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