Dear KDI School Family,
 
On behalf of the GDLN Korea Center, we would like to announce the launch of the KDI School of Public Policy and Management’s 2018 GDLN Distance Learning Seminar Series. The program will cover lessons on various dimensions of Korea’s Local Administration and Regional Development via seven GDLN videoconference seminars.

 

This program highlights Korean government's key strategies in balancing the development of local regions and discovers some of the best practices of local governance, while drawing from other country experiences. The program consists of seven GDLN videoconference seminars that are organized over a five-month period.

 

 

2018 GDLN Distance Learning Seminar Schedule
	Topic	Date	Speaker
1	An Overview of the Policies for Balanced Development and Decentralization: South Korean Experiences and their Lessons	June 7	Heungsuk Choi
2	Global Smart City in Busan	June 26	Byoung-Ki Kim
3	Local Government Transformation Strategy: Lessons Learned from Seoul's Policies and Practicies	July 12	Taejun Lee
4	Korea’s New Administrative City, Sejong	July 26	Jin Hwa Kim
5	Smart City: A New Platform for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Focusing on Pyeongchang Giga Valley	Sep 11	Heesu Kim
6	Policy Instruments to Efficiently Respond to Sustained Urbanization: Focusing on the Korean Experience	Sep 18	Man Cho
7	Wrap-Up: Lessons & Implications (Presentation by each DLC)	Oct 11	Taejun Lee

* The time of all seven VCs is set for 16:00~17:30, Korea time zone.

* All VCs will take place at the 6th floor videoconference room. 

 

Participants who have joined all seven of the videoconference seminar series are eligible to apply to attend the Face-to-Face training of the program (November 19-30th). Selected participants will be entitled to roundtrip airfare, housing, and a modest stipend while attending the program.

 

If you are interested in participating in this program, please fill out an online survey below by no later than May 25th.

 

Online Survey: https://goo.gl/7XikJG

 

Detailed information of the program can be found in the Brochure and Course Syllabus attached here. For more information, please contact GDLN Korea Coordinator, Paul Chang via email: hb_chang@kdischool.ac.kr