Gwangju Bitgoeul 50+ Center Holds 50+ Comprehensive Fulfillment Trend Lecture

Gwangju Bitgoeul 50+ Center announced on the 24th that it held a trend lecture on the 21st under the theme "What do you want to add for 50 years after retirement in the era of 100 years?" The lecture was held at the Art Hall of Dong-gu Cultural Center in Gwangju Metropolitan City with about 150 citizens, including job participants, to promote the comprehensive 50+ filling plan for supporting middle-aged policies in Gwangju.

On that day, Son Suji, head of the Aging Society Policy Division at Gwangju City Hall, personally introduced the comprehensive 50+ filling special lecture, which detailed ▲the background of the initiative ▲current status of middle-aged policies in Gwangju ▲main contents of the 2023 comprehensive 50+ filling ▲plans to expand the 50+ comprehensive support system ▲and future tasks.

The lecture forecasted that the middle-aged population in Gwangju was about 450,000 as of 2021 and is expected to continue increasing. It also predicted that the average monthly salary of those aged 50 and above would sharply decline compared to other age groups, and the proportion of non-regular workers would rapidly increase.

Furthermore, it emphasized the need to establish an effective support system for middle-aged people during the approximately 20 years of socioeconomic instability after retirement. It also pledged to promote the expansion of Bitgoeul 50+ Center as a field-based foundation for revitalizing middle-aged policies in Gwangju Metropolitan City by 2025.

Meanwhile, Gwangju City plans to implement 9 key tasks and 34 detailed projects as the main contents of the 2023 comprehensive 50+ filling. It will actively respond to the need to strengthen the comprehensive support platform functions for middle-aged people’s life redesign, reemployment, social contribution, and leisure activities. Accordingly, it plans to expand the support system and strengthen the operational workforce and capabilities in line with the enhanced role and function of Bitgoeul 50+ Center.

In addition, by expanding the 50+ job projects, it explained plans to develop and operate differentiated content suitable for local conditions to ensure continuous participation of middle-aged people with expertise. It will also discover and support social participation areas to promote job expansion and linkage to social activities.

Future tasks introduced include expanding the possibility of linking work and activities after participation in middle-aged job projects, addressing the need to advance and diversify life transition education for middle-aged people, improving the job project management system, and developing social contribution job models suitable for middle-aged and older adults.

Jung Chanki, director of Gwangju Bitgoeul 50+ Center, said, "Middle-aged people have probably lived their first act of life solely for family, parents, and work." He added, "The second act of life will be accompanied by wisdom gained through hardships, and the center will take an interest in learning and social contribution job participation so that people can live a vibrant life with strong health in the era of 100 years, receiving applause."

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