Association of North East Asia Regional Goverments

Overview

• Date: Wednesday, June 28 - Friday, June 30, 2023 (3days)
• Venue: Lahan Select Hotel, Gyeongju, Korea
• Hosted and Organized by: NEAR Secretariat
• Participants: 103 persons (87 persons from 48 regions and 1 observer of 5 countries, 16 persons from the NEAR Secretariat)

  행사개요

  Country	Total	NEAR Members		No. of Particpants
  		Online	Offline	Online	Offline
  Sub-total	87 participants from 48 members	16	32	28	59
  China	21 participants from 11 membes	2	9	3	18
  Japan	7 participants from 3 members	1	2	2	5
  Korea	24 participants from 11 members	-	11	-	20
  Mongolia	20 participants from 12 members	3	9	5	14
  Russia	19 participants from 11 members	10	1	18	1
  Other	-	-	Japan	-	+1

• Main Content
  • Explanations on the progress of 2022 major projects and 2023 project plans of the NEAR Secretariat
  • Presentations on and promotion of NEAR members’ major projects
  • Discussions on new exchange cooperation projects
  • Local tours and visit to industrial sites (Gyeongju museum, visit to POSCO, etc.)

Main content and Outcomes

• Explanations on the progress of 2022 major projects and 2023 project plans
  • Report on the progress of 2022 major activities
  • Report on the plans for 2023 major activities
  • Cooperation and requests
• Presentations on and promotion of NEAR members’ projects
  • presentations by Chinese member region
       - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (plan to establish a subcommittee on renewable energy cooperation)
       - Shandong Province (plan to host a subcommittee meeting on oceans and fisheries)
       - Liaoning Province (acceptance the invitation to become the next NEAR chair and plan to establish a subcommittee on digital economy)
  • Presentations by Japanese member regions
       - Toyama Prefecture (report on the activities of the subcommittee on environment and plan to hold a subcommittee meeting)
       - Shimane Prefecture (report on the activities of the subcommittee on educational and cultural exchange)
  • Presentations by Korean member regions
       - Ulsan Metropolitan City (plan to hold the 14th NEAR General Assembly and request for cooperation)
       - Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (report on the activities of the 14th subcommittee on economy and humanities exchange)
  • Presentations by Mongolian member regions
       - Darkhan-Uul Aimag (promotion on major projects)
       - Uvurkhangai Aimag (promotion on tourism)
  • Presentations by Russian member regions
       - Kamchatka Territory (introduction to major projects and cooperation with NEAR)
       - Tomsk Region (introduction to Tomsk Region’s projects and proposals)/li>
• Promotion in writing (conference booklet)
  • Gwangju Metropolitan City
• Discussions on Agenda
  • Operate the Secretariat-sponsored training program for officials from NEAR member regions
  • Increase the number of seconded officials
  • Expand high-level exchange between NEAR members
  • Expand exchange in areas such as economy and trade, culture and tourism, youth, and sports, etc.
• Local Tours and Experience Events
  • June 28: Gyeongju night view tour (Donggung Palance and Wolji Pond, Cheomseongdae, etc.)
  • June 29: Gyeongju museum
  • June 30: visit to POSCO

Photos of the EVENT