Jongno-gu Completes the 32nd Korea Healthy Cities Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

A Meeting to Share Major Achievements of the First Half of 2020 and Address Agenda Items... Key Agendas Include Reviewing the Venue for the 2021 Annual General Meeting and Awarding Commendations to Distinguished Employees

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jongno-gu, the chair city of the Korea Healthy Cities Partnership (KHCP) (Mayor Kim Young-jong), held the '32nd Korea Healthy Cities Partnership Steering Committee Meeting' on the 10th via video conference at the district office CCTV control center.

To share the major achievements of the first half of 2020 and handle agenda items, the meeting was hosted by Jongno-gu as the chair city, with participation from the heads of 10 cities including Nonsan-si, Chungnam, and one associate member organization.

The main agenda items of the meeting included ▲ deliberation on the hosting city for the 2021 Korea Healthy Cities Partnership General Assembly ▲ commendation of outstanding healthy city officials ▲ review of legislation for the legalization of healthy cities.

The partnership had previously solicited 'COVID-19 Overcoming Stories' to hear voices from the field during the first half of 2020 and conducted research to discover new joint policies. It has also promoted various projects such as the Korea Healthy Cities Award contest and training for practitioners.

In particular, since April, the chair city Jongno-gu has formed an expert advisory group to study the direction of post-COVID healthy cities and conducted surveys among member cities.

Based on this, they plan to produce and distribute a booklet titled 'Korea Healthy Cities: Finding Answers in COVID-19' to member cities.

Mayor Kim Young-jong of Jongno-gu stated, “As the chair city of the Healthy Cities Partnership, Jongno-gu is striving for continuous development of healthy cities in preparation for significant changes in our society due to COVID-19. National support through the ‘legalization of healthy cities’ is essential for all current and future generations to enjoy happy and healthy lives.” He also conveyed that “from next year, we plan to gather wisdom with member cities regarding policies related to ‘climate change response.’”

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