Guro-gu Attends Asia-Pacific Intercultural City Online International Seminar

On the 25th, over 100 intercultural city officials from Korea, Australia, Japan, and others participated via video conference program... Guro-gu introduces multilingual excellent policies to achieve the vision of a 'Happy Intercultural City for Both Domestic and Foreign Residents'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Sung) attended the Asia-Pacific Intercultural Cities Online International Seminar on the 25th.

Hosted by the Council of Europe and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this Asia-Pacific Intercultural Cities International Seminar was attended by about 100 intercultural city officials from Korea, Australia, Japan, and other countries via video conferencing programs.

The seminar featured presentations and discussions by participants from intercultural cities on topics such as education for youth with migration backgrounds and immigrant participation through multilingualism.

Guro-gu introduced its excellent multilingual policies under the theme of immigrant participation through multilingualism. The presentation was delivered by Kim Hyun-sook, Director of the Guro-gu Life Welfare Bureau.

Director Kim Hyun-sook said, “Guro-gu has established a mid- to long-term basic plan reflecting the intercultural philosophy and is carrying out a total of 52 projects to achieve the vision of ‘an intercultural city where both domestic and foreign residents are happy.’ Among them, we operate various programs for communication and integration of domestic and foreign residents, including the bilingual picture book distribution project, bilingual speaking contests, native language foreign language classes at the Healthy Family Multicultural Family Support Center and Guro Learning Support Center, and World Caf? Talk.”

Guro-gu was designated as the first European Council Intercultural City among Seoul’s autonomous districts in August last year, and in October, it was recognized for the excellence of its intercultural city creation policies by ranking first in the indicator evaluation.

An intercultural city refers to a city where residents of diverse cultures and nationalities achieve social integration through communication and cooperation. It is an urban design program initiated by the Council of Europe and the European Union, which started with 11 European countries in 2008 and has involved over 140 cities in North Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region for more than 10 years.

A Guro-gu official stated, “Through this online international seminar, we were able to share excellent policies and strengthen the cooperative foundation among overseas intercultural cities,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to create a healthy intercultural city.”

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