Jinju City Council Economic and Welfare Committee Reviews Local Policy Cases in Gwangju and Sunchang

Jinju City Council's Economic and Welfare Committee Reviews Policy Cases in Gwangju and Sunchang
On-Site Inspection of Local Shopping District Support and Integrated Care Practices
Examining Drone-Based Wildfire Monitoring and Livestock Odor Reduction Facilities
Aiming to Identify Applicable Policies and Tasks for Jinju City

The Economic and Welfare Committee of Jinju City Council in South Gyeongsang Province has launched a comparative field study to examine policy cases from other regions related to key local issues, such as revitalizing local shopping districts, integrated care, wildfire prevention, and livestock manure management.

The committee announced that from the 28th to the 30th, it would be visiting Gwangju and Sunchang County in North Jeolla Province to review operational methods of related projects and assess their applicability to Jinju City.

[Photo by Jinju City Council] The Economic Welfare Committee of the Jinju City Council visited Gwangju and Sunchang County in Jeonbuk from the 28th to the 30th to examine policy cases related to revitalizing alley markets and integrated care, as well as other local issues, and took a commemorative photo with the officials.

On the first day, the 28th, the committee met with officials from the Federation of Alley-Type Store Associations in Gwangju Seo-gu and the head of the Small Business Support Center to hear explanations on alley-type shopping district designation, association management, and modes of administrative support.

The committee examined the fostering of 126 alley-type shopping districts in Seo-gu, Gwangju as well as the operation of the "Alley Economy 119 Project," exchanging views on consumer reimbursement support systems and the current status of project management. They inspected the on-site shopping districts to identify elements that could be applied to Jinju City's local shopping district policies.

On the 29th, the committee visited Buk-gu Council and Buk-gu District Office in Gwangju to study cases of integrated care operations.

At Buk-gu District Office, they received explanations on the operation of a dedicated integrated care organization, an open recruitment system for positions, public and permanent rental care-specialized villages in connection with LH, and resident-participatory village care projects.

They also attended a lecture by Professor Hye-Ran Ahn of the Department of Nursing at Nambu University, who spoke about the operational method of the "Gwangju-Style Integrated Care Hub University." Discussions were held on nurturing professionals in healthcare, medicine, and welfare, as well as building a regional care delivery system.

Shin Hyeon-guk, Chair of the Economic and Welfare Committee, stated, "We examined support for local shopping districts, the linkage between housing and integrated care, and cooperation between the private sector, public sector, and academia. We will review the practices and systems confirmed on site to determine which can be applied to Jinju City's circumstances."

On the 30th, the committee will visit the Seokgok-dong Haengjeong Welfare Center in Buk-gu, Gwangju to study how the unmanned wildfire monitoring and prevention system using a drone station operates.

They will then visit Daenong Co., Ltd., an agricultural corporation in Sunchang County, North Jeolla Province, to review the operation of livestock manure odor reduction facilities and resource recovery demonstration equipment and assess whether these can be utilized for Jinju City’s relevant policies.

Directly examining on-site cases such as local shopping districts, integrated care, and wildfire prevention in other municipalities is a process of seeking alternatives for local issues. The key is whether this comparative field study leads to concrete policy and institutional improvements suited to the circumstances of Jinju City, rather than ending as a simple visit.

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