Nowon-gu, 2020 Administrative Organization Restructuring... Healing City Promotion Team Established as a Permanent Department-Level Unit

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) has carried out an organizational restructuring as of January 1, 2020, to dynamically promote the core tasks of the 7th elected government and strengthen citizen services through organizational stabilization.

The reorganized structure changed from the previous 5 bureaus, 1 division, 1 office, 33 departments, and 150 teams to 6 bureaus, 1 office, 33 departments, and 148 teams.

Looking at the changes by bureau, the Healing City Promotion Team, which was temporarily operated to provide a foundation for residents' healing life, has been institutionalized as a permanent bureau-level organization.

The Administrative Support Bureau excluded the Department of Sports for All and incorporated the Department of Culture and Sports. The Transportation and Environment Bureau excluded the Department of Construction Management.

Departments merged or absorbed due to bureau-level adjustments include the Department of Sports for All and the Department of Culture and Arts merging into the Department of Culture and Sports, and the Department of Construction Management being absorbed into the Department of Urban Management. Related tasks such as the Sports Promotion Team and Sports Facilities Team, previously under the Department of Sports for All, were transferred to the Department of Culture and Sports, while the Bicycle Culture Team was transferred to the Traffic Guidance Department.

The newly established departments are the Department of Parks and Leisure and the Department of Urban Landscape under the Healing City Bureau. The Department of Parks and Leisure manages local parks, camping sites, sports facilities, infant forest experience centers, and the Forest Healing Center within Bulamsan Butterfly Garden. The Department of Urban Landscape will handle projects related to the increasingly important urban landscape, professionally managing street improvement, advertisement management, and urban design tasks in cooperation with the Department of Architecture.

There are six departments with changed responsibilities, reflecting the need to keep pace with increasingly detailed administrative demands.

The main focus of this administrative reorganization was on the Transportation and Environment Bureau and the Healing City Bureau. The Transportation and Environment Bureau abolished the former Department of Construction Management and transferred its responsibilities to several related departments. The River Property Team and Road Property Team, which managed river and road sites, were integrated and transferred to the Public Land Management Team of the Department of Urban Management. The Compensation Team, responsible for compensation related to public land such as roads and rivers, was transferred to the Finance Department.

Additionally, the Street Improvement Team, which managed street vendors, was transferred to the Department of Urban Landscape under the Healing City Bureau to focus on improving the urban landscape.

The Healing City Bureau was reorganized from a temporary promotion team into a permanent bureau. Meanwhile, the former Department of Culture and Arts transferred its responsibilities for festivals, arts, and tourism to the Nowon Cultural Foundation, and its sports for all tasks were integrated with cultural policy tasks and transferred to the Administrative Support Bureau.

Furthermore, the Department of Green City was renamed the Department of Parks and Leisure, and the Department of Urban Landscape was newly established to proactively respond to changes in the urban environment.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok stated, “This organizational restructuring aims to provide administrative services that meet the diversifying needs of residents,” adding, “We will devote all our efforts to making Nowon a place where the taxes paid are not wasted, where today is happy, and tomorrow is hopeful.”

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