Operation of Incheon City Council Ordinance Legislation Academy...Nation's First Ordinance Legislation Education for Citizens

Incheon Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute and Gyeongin National University of Education Sign Agreement

Heosik, Chairman of the Incheon City Council (center), Kim Wolyong, Director of the Incheon Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute (left), and Kim Changwon, President of Gyeongin National University of Education, are taking a commemorative photo after signing a mutual cooperation agreement to promote the Incheon Citizen University project of the 'Ordinance Legislation Academy' on the 2nd. 2022.9.2 [Photo by Incheon City Council]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Incheon Metropolitan Council is set to become the first local council nationwide to promote ordinance legislation education targeted at citizens.

The council announced on the 4th that it recently signed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Incheon Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute and Gyeongin National University of Education to advance the 'Ordinance Legislation Academy' as part of the Incheon Citizen University project.

Accordingly, the council plans to operate the Ordinance Legislation Academy starting from the first half of next year through the 'Incheon Citizen University First Citizen Campus,' a lifelong education citizen university platform jointly run by the two institutions.

The Ordinance Legislation Academy is a citizen-targeted ordinance legislation education program newly planned by the Incheon Metropolitan Council?the first among local councils nationwide?to establish and revitalize the newly implemented resident ordinance proposal system following the revision of the Local Autonomy Act and the enactment of the Act on Resident Ordinance Proposal, which took effect in January this year, and to strengthen the legislative capabilities of Incheon citizens.

Through this agreement, the three institutions agreed to actively cooperate in developing educational curricula for the Incheon Citizen University related to the Ordinance Legislation Academy, managing the project, sharing and supporting human and material infrastructure, and building networks.

The council explained that by promoting the 'Ordinance Legislation Academy' together with Gyeongin National University of Education, which operates democratic citizenship competency education through the 'Citizen Life College' of the Incheon Citizen University under the Incheon Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute?the largest lifelong education platform in Korea?it will be able to continuously provide citizens with more systematic and professional ordinance legislation education.

Heo Sik, Chairperson of the Incheon Metropolitan Council, said, "Through this cooperation agreement, I hope that the expertise in lifelong education possessed by the two institutions will be fully utilized so that the Ordinance Legislation Academy becomes the foundation of grassroots democracy contributing to the enhancement of citizens' autonomous legislative capabilities."

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