Gyeongnam Province Launches 'Metropolitan Special Union Preparation TF' for Southeast Mega City Development

Establishment of the Collegial Administrative Body 'Autonomous Police Committee' in Preparation for Full Implementation of the Autonomous Police System

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do has prepared an organizational restructuring plan for the first half of the year to proactively respond to social and administrative changes, and will enter a 10-day legislative notice period starting from the 11th.

This organizational restructuring focuses on building an efficient organizational system for national and provincial government current projects and reflecting amendments to laws to enhance 'current issue response capability' and 'organizational safety reinforcement.'

First, to realize the Dongnam region mega-city, a 'Metropolitan Special Union Preparation TF' will be newly established within the Dongnam Regional Strategic Planning Division.

The 'Metropolitan Special Union Preparation TF' will support the newly established joint promotion team by organizing the Metropolitan Special Union joint promotion team, establishing detailed implementation strategies, and discovering cooperative projects for the Metropolitan Special Union.

In line with the full implementation of the 'Autonomous Police System' in July, an 'Autonomous Police Committee' will be established.

The committee will be composed of seven members, including the chairperson, as a collegial administrative body to ensure fairness and transparency.

A secretariat consisting of 1 bureau, 2 divisions, and 5 officers will also be organized and operated to handle autonomous police affairs.

The committee chairperson and the standing committee member who also serves as the secretariat chief will be appointed as political local government officials, providing regionally tailored security services through policy formulation and support for autonomous police affairs, as well as consultation and coordination with national police affairs.

The 'Autonomous Police System' is a system that defines local autonomous police affairs as matters closely related to community safety, women, youth, traffic, and investigations.

Additionally, to proactively respond to the appointment authority of the provincial council staff following the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act, a 'Local Council Preparation TF' will be established in the provincial council, and plans will be made to strengthen the role of the council and establish local autonomy and decentralization.

To strengthen the recently emphasized importance of seafood safety investigations, a Seafood Safety Management Center will be newly established at the Fisheries Safety Technology Institute, enhancing precise analysis and diagnostic testing in the fields of seafood shellfish toxins and disease diagnosis.

Furthermore, social agriculture promoting health improvement through healing agriculture will be expanded. To this end, a 'Healing Agriculture TF' will be established within the Agricultural Technology Institute, promoting the construction of a center combining research and development, demonstration, exhibition, experience, and education.

By reinforcing the cultivation of software talent, support for ICT convergence industry development and robot industry development will secure the driving force for major growth industries.

Additional personnel for departments handling current issues such as support for small business owners related to COVID-19 will also be prioritized for reinforcement.

Support personnel for infectious disease-related diagnostic testing and agricultural product harmful substance inspections will be reinforced early, accelerating the promotion of key national and provincial government projects.

Following last year, to strengthen on-site firefighting capabilities within the province, new organizational systems will be established for the Fire Headquarters and frontline fire stations, and shortages of on-site personnel will be supplemented.

The Fire Budget and Equipment Division will be newly established within the Fire Headquarters, promoting systematic integrated management of fire finance, accounting, buildings, and equipment.

A 'Rescue and Emergency Division' will be newly established in the Jinju and Gimhae Eastern Fire Stations, which currently have a three-division system, to pilot a four-division system and expand it annually.

New 119 Safety Centers will be established in Hadong Hwagae and Hapcheon Samga, expected to improve initial disaster and accident response capabilities.

According to the Gyeongnam-do organizational restructuring plan, the main office organization will increase by one division (Fire Headquarters Fire Budget and Equipment Division), resulting in 1 office, 2 headquarters, 12 bureaus, and 76 divisions. The total staff will increase by 399, including 346 firefighting personnel, reaching 6,875.

Meanwhile, the local ordinances such as the 'Gyeongsangnam-do Administrative Organization Establishment Ordinance' and the 'Gyeongsangnam-do Public Officials Quota Ordinance,' reflecting the restructuring plan, will be implemented on May 3 (June 30 for the firefighting sector) through deliberation and resolution at the 384th Gyeongnam Provincial Council extraordinary session held from April 13 to 22.

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