Professor Kim Young-joo of Gyeongsang National University Elected President of the Korean Rural Planning Association... One-Year Term Starting January Next Year

Professor Kim Young-joo, the 24th President of the Korean Rural Planning Association.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Gyeongsang National University (GNU) announced on the 2nd that Professor Kim Young-joo of the Department of Regional Systems Engineering, College of Agricultural Life Sciences, was elected as the 24th president of the Korean Rural Planning Association.

Professor Kim was elected president at the 2021 Korean Rural Planning Association Extraordinary General Meeting and Autumn Academic Conference (online conference) held at the Korea Rural Community Corporation Human Resources Development Institute on the 29th of last month. The term is one year, and he will serve as president starting January 2022.

The Korean Rural Planning Association was established to create rural spaces that are pleasant and comfortable to live in, promote sustainable rural development, and research and disseminate academic and technical knowledge in the field of rural planning.

Since joining Gyeongsang National University in September 2006, Professor Kim served as a member of the Presidential Committee on Regional Development Evaluation Advisory Group for four years starting in 2014.

He currently serves as an advisory (evaluation) member in the general agricultural and fishing village development sector of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, a member of the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Advisory Committee, a member of the advisory and technical review committees for rural area development and international agricultural cooperation projects (ODA) at the Korea Rural Community Corporation, a director of the FAO Korea Association, and senior vice president of the Korean Rural Planning Association.

Professor Kim said, “During a time of significant changes in rural policies such as the introduction of rural spatial planning systems, I will faithfully fulfill the association’s original roles of research and academic exchange to contribute to the development of rural areas.”

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