Special Training Program for Local Councillors

Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and Center for Local Autonomy (CLA) jointly launched special training programs for local councillors, aiming to foster role and accountability of local council and build capacities of local councillors in carrying out their parliamentary activities.

The first course which took place at Hanyang University on February 14 dealt with the “legislation process of municipal ordinance”. The issues dealt with included specific topics directly related with municipal ordinance, whose main legislators are local councillors; the scope of legislation of municipal ordinance, legislation techniques, problems of limited legislative power of local councilors, analysis of actual cases on conflicts and conflict management arising from ordinance.

For the second course which was held on February 18, it offered lectures on a broader range of issues which would have direct impact on responsibilities of local councillors: budgeting and settlement of accounts, auditing skills on administrative affairs, and planning of local development projects.

More than 20 local councilors from Seoul and other provinces attended the courses and a certificate was awarded by Hanyang University to successful participants after completion of the program.