Korea Island Promotion Agency Launches Pilot 'Academy' to Spread Domestic Island Value

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Korea Island Promotion Agency (Director Oh Dongho) announced on the 15th that it will pilot the 'HanSeomWon Academy' from the 23rd to the 25th to spread the value of domestic islands.

The 'HanSeomWon Academy' is part of the education project for island area promotion under Article 15 of the 'Island Development Promotion Act,' one of the agency's five core tasks.

Mutually developmental and sustainable island policy education will be promoted for island residents, stakeholders, and young activists.

The Korea Island Promotion Agency has set its mission as 'Island-centered education, open and cooperative Korean Island Academy,' with strategic goals including ▲spreading the value of domestic islands ▲establishing an island-centered education system ▲training island policy experts ▲communication and coexistence education ▲operating a global curriculum to create a borderless learning environment and open education based on openness and cooperation.

The first academy features lectures by Oh Dongho, Director of the Korea Island Promotion Agency; Kang Bongryong, former Director of the Mokpo University Island Culture Research Institute; Hong Seonki, Chairman of the Korea Island Foundation; Kang Jeyoon, Director of the Island Research Institute; and Yoon Misook, former island advisor at the Gyeongnam Provincial Government.

Detailed educational content includes awareness education on the value and future of islands, the natural environment and ecological resources of islands, and stories about Korea's land and islands.

In particular, on-site lectures will be conducted to help understand cases of island cultivation policy development.

The on-site lecture will be held at Banwol and Bakji Islands in Sinan, selected as the world's best tourist village, under the theme 'Living Island Policy of Practical Investigation,' led by island coordinator assistant Yoon Misook. This will be followed by a discussion seminar on Jeonnam Province's island policy and a free discussion session.

The Korea Island Promotion Agency plans to supplement and reorganize related content starting with this pilot operation of the academy and operate it monthly until the end of this year.

More details can be found on the Korea Island Promotion Agency website.

Oh Dongho, Director of the Korea Island Promotion Agency, said, "Through the HanSeomWon Academy, which trains island professionals and leaders, we will create a place for exchange where public officials in charge of island affairs and island experts can learn and communicate together," adding, "We hope that all citizens who love islands and island residents will be the target of education and show great interest."

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