Changwon Special City Holds Policy Forum to Establish Strategies for Municipal Development

Invitation of Former Chief Secretary Koo Yoon-cheol ... Need to Analyze the Strengths and Potential Unique to Changwon

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam invited former Secretary-General of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, Koo Yoon-cheol, to hold a policy discussion meeting for establishing development strategies for the 8th term of the elected city administration.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held a policy discussion forum on the 20th at 9 a.m. in the Citizen Hall, inviting former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Koo Yoon-cheol to establish development strategies for the 8th local government administration.

Former Chief Secretary Koo entered public service through the 1988 civil service examination and has held over 16 years of top-level positions above grade 1, including Second Vice Minister and Budget Director of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. He served as the longest-serving Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and retired on June 7th. He is currently a special professor at the Department of Economics, Seoul National University.

The forum proceeded with a special lecture on regional development strategies and success cases to respond to the unipolar system centered on the metropolitan area, followed by policy consulting on key, current, and pledged projects by each department and office.

In his special lecture, former Chief Secretary Koo emphasized the importance of thoroughly analyzing the strengths and potential unique to Changwon based on the national environment and development strategies, and selecting and focusing on the most competitive sectors. Since Changwon is the manufacturing hub of South Korea, he stressed the need to concentrate capabilities in the industrial sector and prepare strategies to advance as a leading city of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

During the subsequent policy consulting, in-depth discussions were held by dividing into three groups: economy and industry, welfare and culture, and urban and environment sectors, focusing on securing national funds and strategies to target government ministries by each department and office.

Former Chief Secretary Koo explained that to secure national funds, it is essential to first develop clear logic on the justification and effectiveness of projects that government ministries can empathize with.

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “Having long played a role controlling the overall national administration of South Korea at the Blue House, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Prime Minister’s Office, we will actively learn and inherit the unique know-how and experience and use this opportunity to apply and integrate it into establishing development strategies for the 8th local government administration.”

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