Gwangju Seo-gu Holds Meeting of Self-Sufficiency Agency Council... Discussing Development Directions

Published 25 Jul.2023 14:10(KST)

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) held a meeting of the Seo-gu Self-Sufficiency Institution Council on the 25th to report the performance of the first half of the year’s self-sufficiency projects and to strengthen the public-private cooperation system.

According to Seo-gu on the day, this meeting was held to review the implementation status of the self-sufficiency support plan for the first half of the year, share changes in self-sufficiency projects, collect opinions for establishing next year’s self-sufficiency support plan, and discuss development directions.

Seogu is holding a meeting of the Seogu Self-Sufficiency Agency Council on the 25th to report the performance of the self-sufficiency project for the first half of the year and to strengthen the public-private cooperation system.
[Photo by Seogu]

Seo-gu plans to promote continuous public-private network cooperation and communication to strengthen self-sufficiency projects and cultivate work ability by providing jobs according to the needs, aptitudes, and abilities of self-sufficiency participants.

Additionally, Seo-gu plans to develop projects based on work ability to foster competitive self-sufficiency project groups.

Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo-gu and chairman of the Seo-gu Self-Sufficiency Institution Council, attended the meeting and said, “We will lead the creation of earned income through discovering and supporting stable jobs to provide practical help to low-income residents.”

He added, “We will strive to ensure that participants in self-sufficiency projects can directly feel an improvement in their quality of life by establishing a foundation for independence.”

Currently, about 440 participants in Seo-gu’s self-sufficiency labor projects are assigned to 28 project groups at local self-sufficiency centers, community welfare centers, and are engaged in various activities such as the Eco Washing project group, Dream Workshop, welfare assistants at community welfare centers, and local environmental maintenance.