Gokseong-gun, Operation of the 2nd Gokseong Autonomous Learning Center

Until September 30 in Gokseong-eup, Okgwa-myeon, and Jukgok-myeon

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Yoo Geun-gi) announced on the 8th that from August 5 to September 30, the 2nd term Gokseong Autonomous Learning Center Education (hereinafter referred to as ‘Autonomous Education’) is being conducted in Gokseong-eup, Okgwa-myeon, and Jukgok-myeon.

Prior to the education, Gokseong-gun conducted a preliminary demand survey to understand what kind of autonomous education residents wanted. Reflecting the survey results, basic competencies and fundamental knowledge necessary for prospective resident autonomy committee members were provided to promote practical autonomy.

Gokseong-gun hopes that through this education, residents will firmly recognize themselves as the main agents of local autonomy.

In Jukgok-myeon, Moon Byung-kyo, former head of the Jeonnam Village Community Creation Support Center, began the education with the theme of “What is Resident Autonomy?”

Following this, education covered topics such as conflict management strategies in resident autonomy, the necessity of operating resident autonomy committees, policy directions for promoting resident autonomy, successful cases for operating resident autonomy committees, and understanding the operation methods of resident autonomy committees.

Currently, the Jukgok-myeon Resident Autonomy Committee has completed a total of 10 hours of education, with 2 hours per session, and is preparing to form the committee for the 2nd term of Jukgok-myeon Resident Autonomy Committee.

In Gokseong-eup, education is being conducted from August 12 to September 30. To increase participation from various residents including office workers, the education is held during evening hours on Thursdays from 7 PM to 9 PM on weekdays.

In Gokseong-eup and Okgwa-myeon, the program is designed with concrete and in-depth education to understand and practically realize resident autonomy.

Basic knowledge education for understanding resident autonomy includes the roles and operating principles of resident autonomy committees, resident autonomy models and operation cases, activation plans for rural resident autonomy, and imagining the future of resident autonomy in our eup and myeon.

For practical realization of resident autonomy, the education will include facilitation practice for vision planning, facilitation practice for collecting resident autonomy activity ideas, and cases of local community activities.

A Gokseong-gun official said, “We hope that through this education, residents will develop the autonomy capacity to discover village community agendas and local issues and solve them together.”

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