“Applications are open for civilian committee members”...Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City revamps its Urban Planning Committee

【Financial News, Jeonnam-Gwangju = Reporter Hwang Tae-jong】“We are openly recruiting civilian members for the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Urban Planning Committee.”
Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City (Gwangju Special City) is openly recruiting 20 civilian members from the 12th through the 26th to merge into a single committee the urban planning committees formerly operated separately by Gwangju Metropolitan City and South Jeolla Province.
Director of the Metropolitan Urban Affairs Bureau at Gwangju Special City Shin Jae-uk emphasized, “The open recruitment of civilian members is a meaningful process, as it will be the first time since the launch of Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City that the urban planning committees of the two regions are brought together into one.”
According to Gwangju Special City, the Urban Planning Committee is a statutory committee established under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act. It deliberates on and advises on urban planning matters, including urban and county management plans (such as zoning districts, zoning areas and district-unit plans) and large-scale development activities.
The 20 civilian members of the integrated Urban Planning Committee being recruited will serve a two-year term, from January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2028.
The civilian members being recruited are experts in land use, architecture and housing, transportation, the environment, disaster prevention, culture and welfare, landscape, civil engineering, agriculture and forestry, and law.
In particular, the committee chair has traditionally been an ex officio position held by the vice mayor for administrative affairs in Gwangju City and the vice governor for administrative affairs in South Jeolla Province. For this integrated Urban Planning Committee, however, the chair is expected to be appointed from among the civilian members, in line with the municipal administration’s “citizen sovereignty” policy direction.
Experts wishing to apply may submit an application, along with documents proving their career and qualifications, directly to the Urban Planning Division of Gwangju Special City, or send them by registered mail or email.
Director of the Metropolitan Urban Affairs Bureau Shin Jae-uk said, “We plan to strengthen the Special City’s capacity to deliberate on urban planning by forming the integrated Urban Planning Committee with members who have expertise in a range of fields, and we ask experts in related fields to take a keen interest.”

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