Overview

• Date: April 24 (Wed.) – 26 (Fri.), 2019
• Venue: Hotel Hyundai Gyeongju, Gyeongju Area, Korea
• Host/Organizer: The Secretariat of North East Asia Regional Governments (NEAR)
• Participants: 95 attendees (80 attendees from 39 regional governments of 5 countries, 15 attendees from NEAR Secretariat)

  Overview

  Country	Regional Governments(No.)	No. of Participants	Notes
  Total	39	95
  China	7	19
  Japan	4	12
  Korea	11	18
  Mongolia	14	27
  Russia	3	4
  Secretariat		15

• Main Content
  • Explanation on the progress of main businesses and business projects of the NEAR Secretariat in 2019
  • Presentations and promotion of the main progress projects of NEAR regional governments
  • Discussions on desirable management methods, the purpose and usage of the membership fee, and activation methods of subcommittees
  • Local tours and experience events (night view tour of Gyeongju, experience the life of a classical scholar at Seoak Seowon, tour of the Gyeongju East Palace Garden), etc.

Main content and Outcomes

• Explanation on the progress and achievement of main work and business projects of the NEAR Secretariat in 2019
  • Report on the progress of main businesses (from 2018 to April 2019)
  • Report on main business task schedule in 2019
  • Cooperation and requests
• Presentations and promotion of NEAR Regional Governments
  • Presentations by Chinese Regional Governments
       - Heilongjiang Province (Promotion of Subcommittee on Logistics and Transportation)
       - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Promotion of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)    - Shandong Province (Promotion of Subcommittee on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)
  • Presentations by Japanese Regional Governments
       - Toyama Prefecture (Report on the activities and holding plan of Subcommittee on Environment)
       - Hyogo Prefecture (Report on the activities of Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and next holding plan)
       - Shimane Prefecture (Report on the activities of Subcommittee on Educational · Cultural Exchange)
  • Presentations by South Korean Regional Governments
       - Daegu Metropolitan City (Promotion on Daegu Metropolitan City)
    
  • Presentations by Mongolian Regional Governments
       - Bayankhongor Province (Promotion of Bayankhongor Province)
       - Khentii Province (Promotion of Khentii Province)
  • Presentations by Russian Regional Governments
       - Republic of Sakha(Yakutia) (Promotion of Working Committee 2019 and Subcommittee on Sports)
       - Krasnoyarsk Region (Promotion of Youth Forum by BIRYUSA and Northeast Asia Young Leaders Forum by NEAR)
• Public Relations in Writing (Promotion of Conference Booklet)
  • Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
• Discussion on Agenda (※enclosed is the content of the discussion on agenda)
  • Suggestion of opinions on desirable management method and purpose and use of the membership fee
  • Activation methods of new subcommittees
• Local Tours and Experience Events
  • (April 24) Night View Tour of Gyeongju: Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond, Cheomseongdae, etc.
  • (April 25) Experience the life of a classical scholar at Seoak Seowon
  • (April 26) East Palace Garden and Bird Park

Major Pictures of Event