Make Urban Competitiveness with Seoul Solutions Settling Urbanization Issues World Cities Confronted.
The Seoul Policy Consulting Group was founded with the clear dual purposes for propagating applied Seoul’s solutions to address urban challenges and for building co-prospering and sustainable development with world cities.
The pivotal aim of the Seoul Policy Consulting Group with its know-how on Seoul’s policies developed over the 6 decades is not only sharing our own intangible assets (as a policy) to be able to help address your urban problems but also concretizing how to achieve individual city’s practices leading to their own sustainable growth. Our experts group as intellectual assets will be dispatched to recipient countries needed for help to develop, which would be composited of public servants, professors, researchers with their specialties by sectors your country concerns.
Outline
- Policy Consultation for cities worldwide.
- Presentation of best policies of Seoul on the occasion of conferences and international estimates.
Purpose
- Respond immediately to requests for consultation and political cooperation partner countries by bringing together experts with experience and techniques of the practice of political Seoul.
Main Activities of Seoul Policy Consulting Group
- Policy consultation of foreign cities
- Introduction of outstanding Seoul Policies at the International conferences and International evaluation
Operating Structure of Seoul Policy Consulting Group
- Seoul Policy Consulting Group consists of the former and current officials, researchers, and concerned parties who have extensive urban development policy knowledge.
Consulting Members
By Sectors: Urban planning(15), Transportation(20), Subway(5), Environment(8), Water(7), E-government(5), Housing(11), Urban Security(3)
By Affiliations: Researchers of the Seoul Institute (27), University of Seoul(8), Previous, Incumbent Official Servants(15), Others(24)
Consulting System
8 Stages of Seoul’s Consulting System
If you have an inquiry about our consulting program, please contact us at:
- International Relations Division (T:82-2-2133-5297, Email: international@seoul.go.kr )
- Seoul Urban Solutions Agency (T:82-2-734-3456, Email: overseas@i-sh.co.kr )
Policy Consulting Group Overseas Dispatching Performance
- 2017: Eight consulting services, including an international conference on river restoration in Argentina
| Date | Description |
| January | Participated in World Bank MetroLab international conference in Tokyo, introduced policies in transportation field |
| February | Attended World Bank Smart City Workshop in India, introduced policies in transportation, environment, and water treatment fields |
| March | Consulted public transportation pilot project of the Jakarta State Government |
| Presented Seoul Metropolitan City’s Policy on the improvement of the Intelligent Transportation System and Public Transportation System for the public officers in Kenya Urban Roads Authority | |
| May | Attended international conference in Argentina (Urban Thinkers Campus Meeting), introduced water treatment policies |
| Presented Seoul Metropolitan City’s Policy on the Intelligent Transportation System Experts Participation for the Mongolia’s Ministry of Road and Transport and the Asia Development Bank | |
| June | Attended cooperative forum in Peru/Brazil, introduced Seoul Metropolitan Government’s ITS policies |
| Attended Seoul - Tashkent policy sharing forum, introduced Seoul Metropolitan Government’s policies in transportation field | |
| July | Visited and investigated related organizations for big data project feasibility study in Kiev, Ukraine |
| November | Attended Korea - Indonesia public administration cooperative forum |
| Presented Seoul Metropolitan City’s Tax System Policy, consulted on the Establishment Project of the Colombo Tax Government System | |
| Attended project launch seminar and Technical Advice for the Establishment Measures for Electronic Government Service of Kampala City | |
| December | Attended Seoul - Ukraine (Kiev) smart city forum, provided consulting services on river development, and presented the results of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Cheonggyecheon Stream restoration project |
| Attended ADB Low Carbon Urban Development International Forum, and presented Seoul Metropolitan City’s the cases of low carbon based urban development solution and the energy policy | |
| Consulted Alcazar City’s Public Innovation Project and presented and promoted Seoul Metropolitan City’s Public Innovation Cases |
- 2016: Five consulting services, including a workshop to share policies in Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2018: Seven consulting services, including Consultation for Public Transportation Pilot Project of the Jakarta State Government
| Date (Month) | Description |
| June | Introduced urban railway policies at the workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam |
| October | Attended traffic network meeting with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), shared policies in transportation field |
| Attended United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) conference in Quito, Ecuador and UN-HABITAT conference in Bogota, Colombia, introduced policies in transportation field | |
| Participated in workshop for policy sharing in Ho Chi Minh City, proposed plans for airport branch line and Metro Line 2 operation and management in Ho Chi Minh City | |
| November | Introduced policies for river restoration in Bandung, Indonesia and provided consulting services for local application |
Examples of completed works
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| Danang (Vietnam) |
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| Metro manila (Philippine) |
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| Mumbai (India) |
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Examples of currently in progress
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| Bangkok (Thailand) |
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| Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) |
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| Pulau Muara Besar(PMB) Island (Brunei) |
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| Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) |
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| Bandung (Indonesia) |
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Example of multiple staged project
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| Chanchamayo (Peru) |
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World Bank The Day of Sharing 'Seoul Outstanding Policies’ Event
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| Seoul Metropolitan Mayor's Announcement | Discuss session pannel | Introduce Seoul policy | Meet up session before announcing |
The 11th Metropolis General Assembly ‘Sharing session of outstanding policy’ Sponsorship
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| Photograph of the the sharing session | Photograph of the the sharing session | Table of Contents of the main presentation (left) introduction of Seoul session at Metropolis website (right) |
Algeria City Transportation Advisory System
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| Bus terminals and vehicles | Bus terminals and vehicles | Bus terminals and vehicles | Authorities meeting |
Dispatching experts to Metropolis Training, Cairo Branch
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| Workshop | Introduction of Urban Planning in Seoul | Regional projects site surveying | Task discussion |