ON Friday 5 June 2015, came to Jakarta and paid a courtesy visit to DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja “Ahok” Purnama in the Jakarta City Hall. Before meeting with Jakarta Governor Ahok, he briefly met UCLG ASPAC’s Secretary General in the City Hall.
Speaking with Secretary General, Jong-seok Im expressed his compliments that UCLG ASPAC has well treated Young-gyu Kang, a secondee from Seoul City Government who has been working in the Secretariat since February 2015. Kang was former Head of Global Learning Team (SHRDC) of Seoul City Government.
During the brief conversation, Jong-seok Im was briefed by Kang and Secretary General about the planned MoU between SHRDC and UCLG ASPAC this October 2015. This new platform cooperation between UCLG ASPAC and SHRDC would also provide an opportunity for a training session on “Sustainable Mobility” that would be held in Seoul, next September 2015.
During his meeting with Governor Ahok, Jong-seok Im discussed about the relationship between DKI Jakarta and Seoul City Government. Jong-seok Im also handed over an official letter from Seoul Mayor Won-soon Park to Governor Ahok, expressing the schedule to visit Jakarta between September-November this year.
Among other issues to be discussed by both parties were intensive cooperation between Jakarta and Seoul in the field of river management, gas transition system between CNG and LNG, transparency policy in the period of contract with private sectors, evaluation, promotion, praise and penalty policies to public officials, etc. (MH)
