Jangseong-gun to Host Lecture by Former Autonomy and Decentralization Committee Chair Kim Soon-eun on the 16th

Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it will hold the 21st Century Jangseong Academy by inviting Kim Soon-eun, former Chairperson of the Autonomy and Decentralization Committee, at the Jangseong Culture and Arts Center Small Theater on the 16th.

Chairperson Kim Soon-eun is a public administration scholar who has long studied autonomy and decentralization, and has served as a professor at Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration and as president of the Local Autonomy Association.

On the 16th, Kim Soon-eun, former member of the Autonomy and Decentralization Committee, will take the stage at the 21st Century Jangseong Academy.
[Photo by Jangseong-gun]

In particular, from May 2019 to July last year, she served as the Chairperson of the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization, under which the Local Autonomy Act was fully revised for the first time in 32 years.

The county has entered the ‘Autonomy and Decentralization 2.0 era,’ which expands resident participation in policy decision-making and execution processes and shares government authority with local governments.

Chairperson Kim believes that the success of the Autonomy and Decentralization 2.0 era depends on the residents.

With the revision of the Local Autonomy Act, institutional pathways have opened for participation in politics, economy, and administration, so residents must become the main agents in their communities and actively engage in problem-solving, she emphasized.

A county official said, “We hope this academy lecture will be a meaningful time to think about what we must and can do for the success of the Autonomy and Decentralization 2.0 era.”

The 21st Century Jangseong Academy is a social education program that has been operating for the longest period in the world, 28 years, and is held every first and third Thursday of the month.

On-site lectures can be attended on a first-come, first-served basis without separate reservations, and real-time attendance is also possible through the county’s YouTube live broadcast.

For more details, contact the county Lifelong Education Center.

Jangseong = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Han-gyu baekok@asiae.co.kr

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