Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, "Resolving Conflict Issues Through Conflict Management Process"

Mapo-gu and Conflict Management Specialist Agency Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Public Conflict Management

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business cooperation in the field of public conflict management with five major conflict management specialized institutions.

On the 10th, the district signed MOUs with five institutions including Dankook University Dispute Resolution Research Center (Director Ga Sang-jun), Seoul YMCA Neighbor Dispute Mediation Center (Center Director Joo Geon-il), Korean Conflict Studies Association (President Joo Jae-bok), Conflict Resolution and Dialogue (Representative Kang Soon-won), and Korean Conflict Resolution Center (Representative Kim Joo-il) to cooperate mutually for Mapo-gu’s conflict management policies and projects.

As social environments have become increasingly complex and diverse recently, the need for dispute mediation among stakeholders surrounding public policies is growing.

Accordingly, Mapo-gu proactively responded to conflict management by enacting an ordinance on public conflict prevention and mediation in October last year, opening a Conflict Management Center in December, and establishing a public conflict management system.

Through this business cooperation, the district plans to apply the experience and know-how of conflict management specialized institutions, which have implemented various policy consultations in this field, to public conflict management policies for systematic and strategic conflict management.

According to the agreement, both Mapo-gu and the conflict management specialized institutions will mutually cooperate on matters necessary for the development of both organizations such as policy consultation and joint research on conflict management, operation of educational programs including commissioned education and training program development, and exchange of knowledge and personnel regarding conflict resolution such as negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.

On the 19th, an advisory meeting composed of conflict management experts was held to conduct the first conflict rating review meeting on local public conflict cases.

Cases classified as level 1 or 2 here will be subject to focused management in the future, and in August, Mapo-gu plans to produce a conflict management manual specifying detailed resolution processes to manage these cases.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, emphasized, “We will develop a conflict management process to resolve public conflicts arising when promoting major district projects,” adding, “Based on this, we will focus on amicably resolving conflict issues within the region.”

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