Goyang Mayor Donghwan Lee Signs MOU with Charlton Brown Australia and LOI with Earthpix

Discussion on Charlton Brown Childcare Staff Training and John Paul College Elementary School Establishment
Collaboration with Smart Farm Company Earthpix to Build Goyang-type Smart Farm
"Strengthening Cooperation with Prestigious Overseas Schools... Successful Promotion of Free Economic Zone and Education Development Special Zone"

Goyang Special City - Charlton Brown Business Agreement Signed.

Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, is strengthening cooperation with Charlton Brown, a specialized childcare teacher training institution in Australia, and the prestigious private school John Paul College, while promoting the establishment of overseas schools within the Free Economic Zone and the advancement of an education development special zone.

On the 23rd (local time), Mayor Lee signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Charlton Brown, a specialized childcare teacher training institution and prestigious vocational education school, in Brisbane, Australia, laying the groundwork for building a “digital-based integrated support system for Neulbom and early childhood care,” which is the broad framework of the education development special zone.

Charlton Brown is a vocational education school under the NIET Group, which excels in training childcare staff and operates five departments offering vocational education in early childhood education, elderly care, IT, business, and more. It has campuses in six locations including Gold Coast, Brisbane, and Sandybay in Australia.

Goyang Special City and Charlton Brown agreed to collaborate for educational development through ▷establishing communication channels for educational advancement ▷promoting human exchange programs such as training programs for daycare teachers to benchmark and enhance friendship ▷supporting the establishment of Charlton Brown’s Korean branch within Goyang Special City’s Free Economic Zone ▷cooperating to provide online English learning content related to Goyang Special City’s education development special zone.

Troy Yue, CEO of Charlton Brown, said, “We hope to establish a branch of Charlton Brown in Goyang City to apply distinctive educational programs in Korea and look forward to meeting teachers and students in Goyang.”

Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang City is visiting John Paul College.

Prior to this, Mayor Lee visited John Paul College, a prestigious private school in Brisbane, Australia, and met with Principal Belinda Guerra. The mayor shared the vision for Goyang City’s education policy and discussed the establishment of John Paul College’s elementary school within Goyang City’s Free Economic Zone.

John Paul College operates three schools: Childcare (equivalent to Korean daycare, kindergarten, and elementary school), Secondary School (middle and high school), and International School.

The international cooperation officer of John Paul College stated, “Once Goyang Special City’s Free Economic Zone is confirmed, we plan to establish John Paul College’s elementary school and enable academic programs linked with Australia.”

Following the UK’s King’s College and University of Birmingham, and Australia’s Charlton Brown, the establishment of the elementary school proposed by John Paul College will position Goyang City as a national education hub surpassing Gangnam’s top school districts. Premier League player Ki Sung-yueng and actress Gong Hyo-jin are alumni of John Paul College.

Mayor Lee also visited the Q1 Tower, the tallest building in Australia located in Gold Coast City, received briefings from Gold Coast’s international exchange officials, and discussed ways to strengthen friendly cooperative relations between the two cities. He extended a letter of invitation to Tom Tate, Mayor of Gold Coast, for the Goyang International Flower Expo to be held next year.

Goyang Special City and Earthpix Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Mutual Cooperation.

Mayor Lee then visited Earthfix Australia, a smart farm company, and signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for mutual cooperation to build a Goyang-style smart farm, agreeing to collaborate for the success of the Goyang smart farm project. Earthfix is an eco-friendly Australian company that will jointly operate a Korean-style smart farm of approximately 3,000 pyeong in collaboration with the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency (KOT), the first such partnership in Australia.

Korean businesspeople from the World-OKTA Brisbane chapter also attended the Earthfix LOI signing ceremony, expressing their commitment to actively support the designation of Goyang Special City’s Free Economic Zone and the establishment of networks between Korean and Australian companies to promote Goyang Special City’s economic development.

Mayor Lee stated, “We will actively expand cooperation with prestigious foreign educational institutions to successfully promote the Free Economic Zone and education development special zone, and pursue the creation of a global premium city through collaboration with overseas innovative companies.”