Seongnam City to Integrate Citizens' Health into All Policies... Conducts Health Impact Assessment Training

Seongnam City to Hold HIA Capacity Building Training for Public Officials

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) capacity building training for project managers at Han Nuri Hall on the 3rd floor of City Hall on May 11.

Health City Development Staff Capacity Building Training as of 2025. Provided by Seongnam City

This training has been organized to help public officials review in advance the potential impacts of policies and projects on citizens' health and reflect those findings in policy development. The city plans to implement 'Health in All Policies (HiAP),' ensuring that every department considers health from the policy formulation stage, thereby strengthening the foundation for a Healthy City.

The training will be led by Professor Kang Eunjeong from the Department of Health Administration and Management at Soonchunhyang University. The program will cover the concept of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), introduce domestic and international case studies, and provide hands-on, practical training sessions using real projects.

In particular, through practical exercises utilizing the HIA forms designed for participation by all departments, project managers will have the opportunity to directly examine how their work impacts citizens' health and health equity, as well as to review possible improvements.

Seongnam City plans to use this training as an opportunity to gradually expand Health Impact Assessment practices throughout its administration and to further strengthen policy implementation systems that take citizens' health into account. The results of the training will also be analyzed and continuously reflected in future Healthy City policies and staff training programs.

A Seongnam City official stated, "A Healthy City is not the responsibility of a single department, but something all departments must build together. We hope this training will serve as a catalyst for spreading an administrative culture that prioritizes citizens' health."

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