- Incheon Institute
- Annual Report 2020
“Trend&Keyword” : Web-based magazine that is mainly centered around keywords
that enable readers to easily track the research trends of the Incheon Institute
- The Incheon Institute opened in 1996 with funding by the Incheon Metropolitan City Government.
As of 2019, 110 employees design urban policies and provide advice to the city government.
- · Urban Management
- · Regional Economy
- · Transportation & Logistics
- · Urban Infrastructure
- · Strategic Analysis
- · Urban Data & Information
- · Incheon Climate & Environment Research
- · Incheon Public Investment Management
- · Urban Future
- · Peace City
- · Municipal Administration Monitoring
- · Urban Safety
- · Super-wide Transportation
02. Major research tasks implemented in 2019
Responding to COVID-19 and Setting a Direction for Incheon Population Policy
▶ Administration & finance
- Research on public perception surveys of Incheon municipal administration policies
- Research on financial management plans based on the structure of financial expenditures by the Incheon Metropolitan City Government
▶ Education & welfare
- Current status of and direction in which to take education on peaceful unification for students in the Incheon area
- Research on support for building up assets that ensure income for persons with developmental challenges
▶ Culture & tourism
- Research on plans to support the cultural and art activities of the disabled in Incheon
- Evaluation and policy of Incheon’s barrier-free tourism
▶Northeast Asia & International affairs
- Analysis of spending patterns within Incheon City, focusing on the use of credit cards
- Promotion plans for the data industry in Incheon
▶ Urban planning
- Initiative for the future development of Incheon City: Promotion strategy for the Gyeongin Axis
- Achievement management and monitoring for Incheon City’s urban regeneration project
▶ Climate & Environment
- Research on managing marine waste in Incheon City
- Achievement analysis and management of Incheon City’s emissions reduction project
▶ Traffic & logistics
- Research on improvement plans for the development and operation of the Incheon Port hinterland
- Improvement plans for the Metropolitan Unified Fare System
A total of 159 research tasks were carried out in 2019.
03. Major research tasks ongoing in 2020
Responding to COVID-19 and Setting a Direction for Incheon Population Policy
- ncheos’s goals and tasks in the “next normal” of the Post COVID-19 era
- Incheon citizens’ COVID-19 awareness and related needs
- Incheon-style New Deal promotion strategies and tasks to counter the COVID-19 economic crisis
- Promotion of urban resilience to keep Incheon a safe city
- Analysis of the role of Incheon e-Eum Card during the COVID-19 pandemic and its alternate possibilities in the “next normal”
- Status of Incheon’s aviation industry and its future steps to address the post-COVID-19 era
- Research on the tourism policy direction of Incheon during the post-COVID-19 era
- Analysis and understanding: the characteristics of demographic movement in Incheon
- Policy plans responding to the changes in Incheon’s demographic structure: welfare, education, jobs, cultural leisure activities, housing, finance, urban planning
- Research on how to revitalize youth culture in Incheon
04. Seminars and policy debates in 2019
▶ Incheon Future Policy Forum: International Seminar on Airport Economic Zone
- Date: October 29, 2019 (Tuesday), 10:00-17:00
- Venue: Meeting Room No. 113–114, 1F, Songdo Convensia
- Topic: “Airport Economic Zone: Mutual Economic Development between Airports and their Neighboring Areas”
▶ The Fourth Urban Policy Forum on East Asia Gateway Cities
- Date: December 4, 2019 (Wednesday), 14:00-18:00
- Venue: Lily Hall, 2F, Orakai Songdo Park Hotel
- Topic: “Roles of Think Tank in Metropolitan Area: International Cooperation in Urban Diplomacy,
Atmospheric Environment and Industry & Economy”
A total of 25 events took place in 2019.
05. Seminars and policy debates in 2020
▶ Industry and Economy Expert Meeting: Responses to the Post-COVID-19 Er
- Date: May 15, 2020 (Friday), 16:00-17:30
- Venue: Sympathy Room, Incheon Metropolitan City Hall
- Topic: “How to Embrace the ‘Next Normal’ in the Post-COVID-19 World”
▶ 2020 Yellow Sea Peace Forum
- Date: October 20, 2020 (Tuesday), 10:30-18:00
- Venue: Sheraton Grand Incheon Hotel
- Topic: “Peace City Incheon and the Way of Peace on the Korean Peninsula”
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, some academic events are replaced by webinars, while others are postponed or canceled.
06. News focus in external affairs
▶ An update of the ｢Examination and Enhancement Action Plan 2020 for the External Research Cooperation Network｣
- Provide an overall review of the network and propose a solid action plan based on 2019 research findings on how to promote external research cooperation for Incheon Institute
- Pursue diversification of promotion methods—from hosting academic events to co-hosting joint research, publishing policy reports, and using IDI Urban Research as a linkage
- Transition from sharing completed study outcomes to adopting new research demand
- Share research directions, lists of research topics, and regional issues with partner institutions
- Lay the foundation for people-to-people exchanges: Understand each other’s circumstances and conditions and discuss mutually beneficial implementation plans
- 07. Periodical publications
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