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[76] 2012.11.06
KNCCO Holds Seminar for Proposing Consumer Policies

 






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Press Release

Date : 11/6/2012

Staff in charge : Jo Jun-ha, Team leader

Secretary General Lim Eun-gyeong

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KNCCO Holds Seminar for Proposing Consumer Policies

 
 
 

The Korea National Council of Consumer Organizations (KNCCO/Chairperson: Kim Yeon-hwa) is holding a seminar to make a proposal on consumer policies to presidential candidates and the next government in connection with the forthcoming 18th presidential election.

At the seminar, the KNCCO will decide on ten sectors (See the following) where sufficient measures have not been taken for consumer rights and follow with proposals designed to enhance these rights: stable supply of safe foods, securing of consumers’ safety and convenience in everyday life, overhaul of policies and systems related to price stabilization, rationalization of the energy price structure, securing of consumers’ rights in the era of digital technology, protection of consumers in the financial sector, reinforcement of compensation for loss incurred by consumers, enhancement of consumers’ convenience and safety in medical service, coping with climate changes and provision of support for sustainable production and consumption, and overhaul of the administrative system in a consumer-friendly way.

 

Hour/date and place of the seminar

- Hour/date: 10:0012:00 on November 7, 2012

- Place: Ferrum Hall, 3rd floor, Ferrum Tower

- Order

 

Time

Order

10:0010:10

National ceremony

10:1010:20

Opening speech

· Kim Yeon-hwa, Chairperson of the KNCCO

10:2010:40

Policy proposal

· Kim Yeon-hwa, Chairperson of the KNCCO

10:4012:00

Panel discussion

· Presided by: Kim Cheon-ju, Chair of the National Council of Homemakers’ Classes

· Panelists:

- Song Bo-gyeong, director, Consumers Korea

- Professor Yeo Jeong-seong, Division of Consumer, Seoul National University

- Park Hyeong-yeon, Principal Attorney at Law Firm Chorus

- Nam-Yun In-sun, member of the National Assembly and Chair of Consumer Rights Special Committee

- Seo Dong-won, member of the Economic Democratization Promotion Committee

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

< KNCCO’s member organizations >
Korea Consumer Affairs Institute, Consumers Union of Korea, National Council of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of Korea, Korea YWCA Federation, Green Consumer network in Korea, Korean Federation of Housewives Club, National Council of Homemakers’ Classes, Consumers Korea, Headquarter of Korean Women’s Association, Korea Consumer Education Center

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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