Dongducheon City Holds Second Half Foreign Resident and Multicultural Family Support Council Meeting

Dongducheon City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Park Hyung-deok) announced on the 6th that on the 5th, the ‘2024 Second Half Foreign Residents and Multicultural Family Support Council’ was held in the city hall situation room, chaired by Vice Mayor Lim Kyung-sook.

Dongducheon City held the "2024 Second Half Foreign Residents and Multicultural Family Support Council" on the 5th at the City Hall Situation Room, chaired by Deputy Mayor Im Kyung-sook. Photo by Dongducheon City

On that day, appointment letters were awarded to newly appointed and reappointed members, followed by sharing major achievements for 2024, including cultural communication program projects, support projects for children of multicultural families, and the establishment and operation of a hub-type global talent education center related to the pilot project for the education development special zone.

Additionally, various opinions were collected and communicated among related organizations to ensure the smooth promotion of new projects in 2025.

The ‘Dongducheon City Foreign Residents and Multicultural Family Support Council’ operates to promote mutual cooperation with related organizations for the stable settlement of foreign residents and multicultural families in the area and to efficiently implement support policies for multicultural families.

The council consists of 15 members, including related organizations such as the Dongducheon City Family Center and Dongducheon Yangju Office of Education, private experts, and citizen representatives of multicultural families.

Vice Mayor Lim Kyung-sook stated, “With the increase in foreign residents and multicultural families, we will actively respond to various demands and develop the opinions gathered through the meetings into effective policies to actively support foreign residents and multicultural families to settle stably.”