Hwaseong Special City Holds "Civic Governance Companion Planning Committee" Meeting with Citizens
Hwaseong Special City (Mayor Jung Myung-geun) held the "Hwaseong Civic Governance Companion Planning Committee Meeting" on the 26th at the Self-Governance Nuri Hall in Bongdam-eup Community Center, where it exchanged various opinions with civil society activists on establishing a civic governance system.
The meeting was organized to explore a new cooperation system in which citizens can directly participate from policy planning to implementation, and through which diverse experiences from civil society and on-site expertise can be reflected in policies.
The meeting was attended by around 20 civil society activists, including Kang Seok-chan, director of the Hwaseong Citizens Renewable Energy Development Cooperative, and Oh Se-wook, permanent representative of the Hwaseong Democratic Civic Education Network.
Since June, the city has discussed the direction of governance suitable for Hwaseong Special City and concrete implementation plans together with civil society and experts, based on "Civic Governance
Based on opinions from this meeting, the city plans to institutionalize civic governance and establish a foundation for active participation by civil society. In particular, the city will work to operationalize the governance system so that the experience and on-site expertise of civil society organizations that have conducted public interest activities in various fields can be substantively reflected in policy planning and implementation.
Mayor Jung Myung-geun of Hwaseong Special City said, "We will not simply listen to citizens' voices, but create a new governance model unique to Hwaseong Special City where citizens' voices lead to policies, and both the government and civil society ask questions, discuss, and find solutions together," and "We will establish an institutional foundation for governance to operate substantively through the establishment of a dedicated administrative organization and the enactment of related ordinances so that governance does not remain a declaration or one-time opinion gathering."