“Busan First as a 15-Minute City” … Busan City Holds 15-Minute City Policy Presentation

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] To fully promote the ‘15-minute city Busan,’ world-renowned scholar Professor Carlos Moreno, who established the theory of the 15-minute city, Busan citizens, and Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan have come together.

The city will hold a 15-minute city policy presentation titled ‘15-minute City Busan, Turning Ideals into Reality with Citizens...’ on the 23rd at Busan City Hall and BEXCO.

At the policy presentation, the vision and strategy of the 15-minute city will be announced based on the achievements so far and the interim results of the basic plan project.

The presentation was organized to discuss the development direction of the 15-minute city policy with the world-renowned scholar and citizens, aiming to turn ideals into reality.

The event will proceed in the following order: ▲Policy briefing by Mayor Park Hyung-jun on ‘15-minute City Busan Vision and Development Strategy’ ▲Pre-event activities with citizens ▲Empathy talk between Professor Carlos Moreno of Sorbonne University, France, and Mayor Park Hyung-jun ▲Interim report meeting on the ‘15-minute City Busan Basic Plan Project.’

The event will begin with Mayor Park Hyung-jun announcing the ‘15-minute City Busan Vision and Development Strategy’ at a press conference at City Hall.

Mayor Park’s presentation will reveal the main progress, the concept of the 15-minute city Busan, its vision and strategy, and the direction of key tasks.

Afterward, a pre-event will be held at BEXCO. Participants were recruited from the 15-minute city empathy policy group and general citizens. The city selected 62 people considering age and living areas to symbolize the 62 living zones.

The pre-event will consist of cultural performances and puzzle events, with Mayor Park Hyung-jun also participating.

Following the pre-event, at BEXCO, Mayor Park Hyung-jun will have an empathy talk via video conference with Professor Carlos Moreno and 62 invited Busan citizens.

The session will start with a lecture by Professor Carlos Moreno, followed by an online dialogue with Mayor Park Hyung-jun, and then a Q&A session with the audience.

The 15-minute city policy was theorized by Professor Carlos Moreno and announced in 2016. To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, adopted it as a re-election pledge in 2020, spreading the concept to cities worldwide.

The lecture will mainly cover the values of the 15-minute city, Paris’s policies, and policy recommendations for Busan.

Busan City has already shared an overview of the basic plan project conducted so far with Professor Carlos Moreno and plans to receive policy recommendations during the empathy talk.

The event will conclude with an interim report meeting on the 15-minute city basic plan project at BEXCO.

Private experts, heads of related departments and bureaus of Busan City, deputy heads of autonomous districts and counties, and some heads of affiliated institutions such as the Busan Research Institute will attend, and the meeting will be held privately.

Attendees will review the interim results of the basic plan project and discuss the development direction of the basic plan. They will also present opinions on discovering related tasks and setting policy directions by institution.

Busan City plans to extensively gather citizens’ opinions during the remaining two months of the basic plan project period to refine the vision and strategy and specify key tasks. A living zone planning guideline will also be established.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “If the efforts over the past year to realize ‘15-minute City, Busan’ were preparation, from after the policy presentation, the 15-minute city policy will enter its main track and be promoted in earnest.”

Mayor Park added, “Since the 15-minute city policy means a major lifestyle transformation for citizens, successful promotion requires forming a consensus in the local community and active citizen participation. We ask for the interest and support of many citizens.”

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