Gwangju Dong-gu Establishes 'Humanities City Guidelines' Containing Cultural Recommendations

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 10th that it has established the ‘Humanities City Guideline’ containing the region’s specialized humanities recommendations.

Since the launch of the 7th local government, Dong-gu, which aims to become a ‘Humanities City Dong-gu’ and promotes various humanities projects, set the guideline with the goal of improving residents’ quality of life and securing the city’s sustainability.

The strategy is to set minimum principles for advancing as a humanities city and to pursue humanities in all sectors to enhance policy consistency and efficiency.

To this end, Dong-gu held 12 sessions of meetings with 17 experts, including Cheon Deuk-yeom, Chair Professor at Chonnam National University, and Lee Kyung-hee, former Policy Director of the Gwangju Environmental Movement Federation.

During this process, the goals and items of the humanities city were set, and the final draft of the humanities city guideline was prepared through meetings of the civil servant task force (TF) team and administrative cooperation meetings.

The final draft established 3 major goals, 9 detailed objectives, and 58 items, and proposed examples of projects according to the guideline instructions.

The 3 major goals are ▲ Cultivating the humanities capabilities of the community toward an open society ▲ Building an urban environment where people and ecology coexist ▲ Establishing a Dong-gu type social system for a sustainable city.

The 9 detailed objectives include ▲ Enjoyment of humanities spirit and support for creation by residents ▲ Recording of the city’s humanities resources ▲ Establishment of a foundation for community revitalization ▲ Preservation and utilization of humanities assets ▲ Guidelines for consideration of future generations, among others.

Dong-gu plans to share this guideline with all departments of the district office to apply it to actual administrative work and conduct training for all employees to ensure it is promoted in line with the direction of the humanities city. It will also distribute the guideline to residents to share the direction and values of the humanities city.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “Through the humanities city guideline prepared this time, humanities will be integrated into all policies of the district government,” and added, “With the establishment of the guideline, we will further accelerate the creation of a people-centered humanities city.”

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