Culture Ministry to hold regional briefings on 3rd local culture promotion plan

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Friday that it will hold briefings on the Third Basic Plan for Regional Culture Promotion (2026–2030) across six regions from Tuesday through Nov. 6, covering the Dongnam region (Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province), the Daegyeong region (Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province), Seoul and Gangwon Province, the Honam region (South Jeolla Province, Gwangju and North Jeolla Province) and Jeju, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, and the Chungcheong region (Daejeon, Sejong, North Chungcheong Province and South Chungcheong Province).

The third basic plan, announced Sept. 15, sets itself apart from the second plan in how it frames regions and the direction of policy. Moving away from culture policies organized around individual administrative districts, the plan pursues balanced cultural growth across five major hubs and three special zones aligned with broader living and economic areas. It also introduces a new cooperative framework in which regions take the lead in planning while the central government plays a supporting role — a departure from the previous model of centrally driven regional culture policy.

The briefings are designed to walk metropolitan and local governments, as well as arts and culture institutions that will directly draft and implement detailed policies, through the vision and key strategies of the third basic plan.

The series kicks off Tuesday in the Dongnam region, followed by the Daegyeong region on Thursday, Seoul and Gangwon Province on Monday, the Honam region and Jeju on Oct. 30, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province on Nov. 3, and the Chungcheong region on Nov. 6.

"The role of local governments and regional cultural institutions that carry out the plan on the ground is paramount if the Third Basic Plan for Regional Culture Promotion is to translate into changes that residents can actually feel," a ministry official said. "We will make every effort to actively reflect opinions gathered from the field in the policy implementation process going forward."