Gwangju City Conducts 'Urban Maintenance Project Academy' Training

Recruiting First 40 People Weekly... Lectures on Procedures and Issues Such as Cooperative Establishment

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 22nd that it will conduct the ‘Urban Maintenance Project (Redevelopment·Reconstruction) Academy’ education every Thursday evening starting August 13.

This academy was prepared to maximize the protection of the rights and interests of residents in redevelopment project areas and will be conducted over a total of 16 lectures for 4 months.

Among the six major metropolitan cities, Gwangju is the first to provide redevelopment and reconstruction project education for citizens.

In particular, it will be implemented to supplement the shortcomings of the existing ‘Visiting Maintenance Project Education’ and to ensure the effectiveness of the education.

Until now, education was held during daytime hours, resulting in low participation from young office workers, and there has been a need for systematic professional education as the content mainly covered the status of maintenance districts.

The academy participants include union executives, union members (original residents), and general citizens who are the main entities promoting maintenance projects from the 22nd of this month to the 20th of next month, with the number of participants limited to 40 on a first-come, first-served basis each week considering COVID-19.

The education will be held every Thursday at 7 p.m. from August 13 to December 3 in the Happiness Meeting Room on the first floor of City Hall for 2 hours.

With the help of the Korea Urban Maintenance Association, lawyers, accountants, and appraisers with rich theory and experience in maintenance projects will participate in the lectures to introduce and discuss major procedures and issues of maintenance projects such as the formation of promotion committees, establishment of unions, and management disposition plans.

Also, those who complete more than 80% of this academy education will be awarded a certificate of completion in the name of the Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Those wishing to participate can search for ‘Urban Maintenance Project Academy’ in the announcement section on the Gwangju city website, download the application form, and apply via email or fax.

Gwangju City will also continue to promote the customized education ‘2020 Visiting Maintenance Project Education’ conducted for union executives and union members (original residents) within maintenance project districts.

Park In-gi, head of the Urban Maintenance Division of the city, said, “We prepared the maintenance project academy education course to correctly understand redevelopment and reconstruction and to support the establishment of transparent maintenance projects,” and added, “We look forward to the active participation of citizens interested in urban maintenance projects and maintenance project union members.”

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