The NEAR Working-level Workshop is to be held from the 29^th to 31^st May in Gyeongju City (Gyeongsangbuk-do Province) and Yeosu City (Jeollanam-do Province), Korea. The annual gathering of working-level officials of member local authorities will comprise: Activity Report 2012 of the Secretariat; capacity-building lecture on foreign cooperation by the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA); Presentations by regional representatives; discussion on introducing new partnership projects, and etc. Also, participants will make a study-visit to the EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea in Jeollanam-do Province, as part of “Discover the Region” program.