Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop Urges Public Institutions to Cooperate on 'Gwangju-type Job' Initiative

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, urged public institutions to actively cooperate for the success and expansion of the Gwangju-type job model.

According to Gwangju City on the 29th, Mayor Lee presided over a meeting of heads of 25 public institutions under the city government that afternoon.

Following the meeting in July, this bimonthly meeting was held to discuss 47 new and key projects to be focused on next year by each public institution for the development of Gwangju and the happiness of its citizens, along with the promotion of current tasks of public institutions.

Major projects shared by each institution at this meeting included ▲ Gwangju Urban Corporation’s full-scale promotion of the Gwangju-type lifelong housing ▲ Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation’s acceleration of people-centered GRTC-type ESG management ▲ Kim Dae-jung Convention Center’s full-scale construction of the second exhibition hall ▲ Welfare Research Institute’s opening and operation of the Bitgoeul 50+ Center ▲ Gwangju Cultural Foundation’s strengthening of the operation of the Artist Bodum and Communication Center ▲ Gwangju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency’s expanded operation of the Artificial Intelligence Academy ▲ Gwangju Biennale’s unique architectural art project ‘Gwangju Poly V’?all identified as new projects preparing for next year.

At this meeting, Mayor Lee emphasized active cooperation in personnel innovation at public institutions and the success of the Gwangju Global Motors Casper.

Mayor Lee said, “Since 2019, integrated recruitment for public institutions has been implemented, eliminating recruitment-related noise in affiliated institutions and enabling the hiring of capable talents. Each institution should support employees with expertise and achievements to receive promotions and other rewards.”

He continued, “With the full-scale operation of the Gwangju Global Motors production line, the first produced vehicle, Casper, is receiving a good response in the market. I ask all affiliated institutions to maintain continuous interest and actively cooperate in promoting the success and expansion of the ‘Gwangju-type job model,’ which is a solution to high costs, low efficiency, and job shortages.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju City plans to continue holding meetings of public institution heads to strengthen communication with affiliated institutions and to help public institutions efficiently carry out their work through inter-agency collaboration.

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