Bucheon City Selected for Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone... "Custom Learning to Enhance Citizen Competence"

Bucheon City in Gyeonggi Province has been selected as the final recipient of Gyeonggi-do's "2025 Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone Operation Support Project." The city will now work to establish a citizen-centered lifelong learning ecosystem based on creation and production.

The Opportunity Special Zone project applies the concept of "customization," where products or services are tailored to individual tastes and needs, to the field of learning. It supports citizens in proactively designing and organizing learning opportunities in ways that suit them best.

This lifelong learning project is jointly promoted by Gyeonggi Province and Bucheon City. Its goal is to enhance citizens' self-direction and practical capabilities through custom learning that reflects individual personalities and life directions.

Another feature of this project is that it goes beyond traditional lecture-based education. It is designed so that citizens can directly plan content and engage in the entire process of producing and selling products as a learning experience. Through this, citizens will develop content that represents Bucheon, produce and sell it as tourism products (goods), and experience how learning outcomes can translate into economic value.

Any citizen interested in creation can participate in the Opportunity Special Zone project. Detailed information, including how to apply, will be provided next month on the Bucheon Lifelong Learning Center website.

Participants are free to choose and take courses that meet their needs. Outstanding learners will be given the opportunity to participate in all practice-oriented stages, from product creation and sales to feedback and improvement.

Business Agreement Ceremony for the Promotion of Gyeonggi-do Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone Project. Bucheon City

A Bucheon City official stated, "The Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone project is a new lifelong learning model that provides a foundation for citizens to grow beyond consumers to become producers and sellers." The official added, "We will foster a sustainable learning ecosystem through collaboration among the public sector, private sector, and academia."

Meanwhile, following the selection for the Opportunity Special Zone project, the city signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 7 with four organizations: Bucheon Lifelong Learning Center, Bucheon Il Dream Center, Kokkiri Cooperative, and Bucheon Lifelong Educators Association.

The agreement includes provisions for building a cooperative governance structure and participating in the operations committee, planning, operating, and evaluating educational programs and events, joint publicity, developing sales channels for products, and conducting research and proposals related to the project.

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