'2023 World Scout Jamboree' D-46... Joint Organizing Committee Chairpersons Meeting Held

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Committee) will hold a joint chairpersons meeting for the World Scout Jamboree on the 16th at the Government Seoul Office, 46 days before the jamboree event.

Attending the meeting are the joint chairpersons of the jamboree: Kim Hyun-sook, Minister of Gender Equality and Family; Han Chang-seop, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (acting minister); Kim Yoon-duk, Member of the National Assembly; Kang Tae-seon, President of the Korea Scout Association; and Kim Kwan-young, Governor of Jeonbuk Province and Executive Chairman.

The joint chairpersons will review key preparations such as the entry and exit of World Jamboree participants, crowd management for the event, and flood countermeasures, and discuss plans for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as promotional strategies.

In particular, regarding the partial flooding of the jamboree site caused by heavy rains in May, they plan to check the schedule for implementing additional drainage measures. The government and the Organizing Committee aim to complete the maintenance of internal and external drainage channels by the end of this month and install forced drainage facilities by July.

The 2023 Saemangeum "25th World Scout Jamboree" will be held from August 1 to 12 at the Saemangeum jamboree site in Jeonbuk, which is three times the size of Yeouido (2.9㎢). Approximately 43,000 youths from about 150 countries are expected to participate.

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