여수프로젝트 액션 플랜

Abstract

1. Background: While bidding for the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, Korean government proposed Yeosu Project to help developing countries address the urgent challenges facing the ocean and coast in close cooperation with international organizations.2. Vision: Realization of ‘The Living Ocean and Coast’, Harmony between the Sea and the human being, Blue Economy and Green Growth3. Objectives: Provision of solutions for marine environmental problems, Capacity building in marine science and technology, Sustainable marine activities on a global scale, Development of growth engines in Blue Economy3. Stratagies: Education and human resource development for developing countriesIncrease of the official development aid toward marine-related matters; Strengthening cooperation and partnership with international organizations;Utilization of the Yeosu Expo facilities–living lab and new ocean test-bed;Establishment of Blue Economy cluster, Blue Ecopolis: a city of new marine industries, universities, research institutions, government and international organization offices