Damyang-gun Conducts 'Resident Autonomy Committee Appointment and Capacity Building Training'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Choi Hyung-sik) announced on the 31st that it held a resident autonomy committee appointment ceremony and resident autonomy capacity-building education for resident autonomy committee members, residents, and public officials on the 30th.

The resident autonomy committee took a new first step in the county's resident autonomy by selecting members through an open recruitment process last year according to the 'County Resident Autonomy Activation Ordinance' and appointing 294 members.

It also plans to carry out various activities such as promoting residents' culture, welfare, and convenience, supporting village autonomy committees, proposing policy projects, and submitting opinions and suggestions.

The resident autonomy capacity-building education was conducted with Kim Jae-cheol, senior research fellow at the Gwangju Jeonnam Research Institute, invited as an instructor, under the theme of 'Resident Autonomy and Village Community,' covering the necessity and understanding of resident autonomy, the roles and attitudes of resident autonomy committee members, and other topics.

A county official said, “We will realize a grassroots democracy learning ground through the establishment of a bottom-up resident autonomy system and the revitalization of village autonomy committees, creating a sustainable self-reliant village community where everyone is happy and hopeful. We will strive to realize true resident autonomy, where residents have more authority and become the owners who solve local problems.”

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