Suncheon-si Focuses on 'Urban Future Growth' in Organizational Restructuring

Establishment of 4 Bureaus including Strategic Planning Bureau and 6 Divisions including Content Policy Division

Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu) recently submitted a proposal for organizational restructuring to the city council (the 277th extraordinary session) to establish four new bureaus, including the Strategic Planning Bureau, and six new divisions, including the Content Policy Division, in line with the recent trend of expanding autonomous organizational authority. The proposal was passed at the plenary session on the 17th.

Based on the achievements of the first half of the 8th term of the elected government, such as the successful hosting of the 2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo, the discovery of new urban growth industries like aerospace and content industries, and the selection of the Glocal University, the city plans to focus administrative efforts on establishing a foundation for future urban growth and improving citizens' quality of life through selective concentration of organization and personnel.

With this organizational restructuring, the bureau-level reorganization includes the establishment of the Strategic Planning Bureau to oversee planning and budgeting functions and promote key city projects; the Youth Education Bureau to nurture locally tailored young talent by linking Glocal University and youth policies; the Safety and Transportation Bureau to oversee disaster safety functions and complete the poster city; and the Agricultural Innovation Bureau to revitalize the economy through changes in agricultural administration.

The Ecological Environment Center will be incorporated into the Climate and Energy Division and reorganized as the Ecological Environment Bureau to strengthen comprehensive policy functions in response to climate change and environmental issues.

The Citizen Welfare Bureau will be structured as a dedicated welfare organization to enhance demand-oriented welfare functions, and the Agricultural Technology Center will restore its original functions as a rural development organization, such as farming guidance and technology dissemination, to strengthen life-centered administrative functions.

At the division level, new divisions will be established: the Content Policy Division for efficient promotion of K-Disney Suncheon; the Urban Strategy Division for creating a complex cultural district and a base space for new growth industries; the Advanced Industry Division for fostering future industries such as aerospace and high-tech industries; and the Marine Fisheries Division to promote the Fishermen’s New Deal and the National Marine Garden projects.

Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu of Suncheon said, “This organizational restructuring focuses on maximizing the achievements of the second half of the 8th term of the elected government’s ‘World-Class Ecological Capital Suncheon’ and preparing a foundation for future growth and improving citizens’ quality of life through function-centered reorganization. We will continue to share wisdom through field administration that communicates with citizens and enhance the completeness of scattered local projects through strategic approaches based on integration and convergence.”

The organizational restructuring for the second half of the 8th term of the elected government is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2024.

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