Gwangyang City Launches Retiree Vitality City Support Team

Providing Services for Reemployment, Startups, Returning to Farming and Rural Areas, Social Contribution, and Lifelong Learning

Expectations to Overcome Population Issues in Response to Aging Society

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] On the 20th, Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced that it has established the "Retiree Vitality City Support Group" (hereinafter referred to as the Support Group) within the Strategic Policy Office and held a plaque ceremony as part of the Retiree Vitality City Project to provide customized one-stop services.

The Retiree Vitality City Project is a specialized initiative designed to help retirees participate in economic activities by utilizing their experience and expertise, successfully settle in the region, and improve their life satisfaction.

Gwangyang City, where the steel and port industries are the two main pillars of the local economy, is a city with many skilled technicians and high-income workers due to its regional structural characteristics.

With the accelerated retirement of the baby boomer generation, which accounts for a large proportion of workers, about 2,800 retirees with great interest in new jobs and talent donation emerge every year.

The Support Group, responsible for the integrated retiree support platform, is exclusively managed by the Population Policy Team of the City’s Strategic Policy Office. It consolidates projects scattered across various departments such as ▲re-employment and start-ups ▲returning to farming and rural areas ▲social contribution activities ▲lifelong learning ▲retiree villages, providing comprehensive support services for retirees to enjoy a "vibrant old age," and serves as a control tower overseeing the operation of counseling desks.

Kim Kyung-ho, the Deputy Mayor who attended the plaque ceremony, said, "With the launch of the Support Group, a foundation for supporting a vibrant old age has been established," adding, "I hope related departments will closely collaborate to promptly respond to the increasing diverse needs of local retirees and show great interest and effort to overcome aging-related issues."

Meanwhile, the city plans to widely promote retiree policies to demanders through visiting population policy briefings and relay meetings by sector, and to discover and implement various linked and cooperative projects together with related departments in the future.

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