Former Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Future Strategy Director No Hee-seop Gives Korean New Deal Special Lecture to Yongsan District Office Staff

Special Lecture by Former Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Future Strategy Director No Hee-seop to Establish Lunar New Year Vision and Future Strategy Suitable for the 4th Industrial Revolution Era

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seong Jang-hyun) held a special lecture on "Korean New Deal and Smart City" for public officials on the 16th at the Garam Small Theater in Yongsan Art Hall.

This was to systematically establish the district administration vision and future strategy in line with the rapidly changing environment of the 4th Industrial Revolution era.

The lecture was given by No Hee-seop, former Director of Future Strategy Bureau of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Former Director No formed ties with Jeju in 2015 as the Information Officer of Jeju and later moved to ICT Convergence Officer and Future Strategy Director, promoting Jeju public Wi-Fi service and the Jeju Smart Island Project.

A district official said, "Yongsan-gu is also actively advancing its smart city projects recently," adding, "We will learn from Jeju’s advanced cases and establish a smart city model unique to our district."

Forty district employees attended the special lecture. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the number of attendees was minimized. Instead, the lecture was broadcast live online and the video was uploaded to the internal bulletin board so that employees could study autonomously.

Next year, the district will establish a dedicated smart information division as a smart city task force. Five teams including the Smart City Team and Smart Project Team will formulate the basic plan for the smart city and discover related projects. A big data integrated platform will also be built and operated.

Besides the Smart Information Division, general departments will also focus administrative efforts on smart city projects. To this end, last month the district created a "Future Strategy Development Research" task force (TF) directly under the Deputy District Mayor.

The Future Strategy TF consists of 16 elite employees from various fields such as administration, IT, welfare, education, and urban planning, led by the head (Deputy District Mayor) and team leader (also head of Planning and Budget Division). The district research team (4 members) and external experts support their activities.

They hold regular meetings twice a month to discuss and present district policies. Ad hoc meetings are held as needed. The goal is to establish the "Yongsan-type New Deal Plan (2021 Major Work Plan)."

The district plans to hold a related work report meeting presided over by the district mayor in November.

Seong Jang-hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, "We will actively promote smart city projects to solve various daily life problems such as transportation, environment, and housing through ICT technology," adding, "We will continue to hold special lectures for public officials."

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