‘Jeonbuk Sotongdaero’ Policy Communication Channel Plays a Vital Role ‘Toktok’

According to Jeonbuk Province, Jeonbuk Sotongdae-ro, which opened in May last year as an online policy dialogue space for interactive communication with residents, has increased its membership to 14,453 over the past year, and the cumulative number of visitors has also steadily risen to 80,311.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Tae-in] The online policy communication platform ‘Jeonbuk Sotongdaero,’ established by Jeonbuk Province to listen to and empathize with the diverse voices of residents for the great leap forward of Jeonbuk and to facilitate policy communication, has marked its first anniversary of operation.

According to Jeonbuk Province on the 8th, since Jeonbuk Sotongdaero opened last May as an online policy dialogue space for two-way communication with residents, the number of registered members has increased to 14,453 over the past year, and the cumulative number of visitors has steadily risen to 80,311.

The achievements of the past year’s operation include 340 free proposals, 5 sessions of ‘Jeonbuk Province Asks,’ 8 public proposal contests, 7 policy empathy quiz events, and 1 COVID-19 related event, establishing the platform as a communication space for policy delivery and opinion gathering.

Looking at the operational achievements by major functions of Jeonbuk Sotongdaero, the free proposal section, a forum for residents to freely suggest policy ideas, received a total of 340 proposals. In particular, through the operation of the policy idea bank ‘Sodamteo’ for overcoming the COVID-19 crisis, 108 ideas were discovered.

Among the proposals received, the ‘Traffic Safety Design for Children’s Protection Zones,’ which received more than 50 sympathies from residents, was realized as a policy installing yellow traffic lights and crosswalks reflecting traffic safety design in 820 children’s protection zones across the province, contributing to the prevention of traffic accidents.

‘Jeonbuk Province Asks,’ operated as a public forum for major provincial policies, saw participation from 1,756 people over 5 sessions.

In the survey conducted at the beginning of the year titled ‘Core Policies of Jeonbuk Province Expected by Residents in 2020,’ ‘Achieving Results of the Jeonbuk Win-Win Job Model’ was selected as the top policy priority, indicating that many residents expect it to overcome the economic crisis in Jeonbuk and revitalize the local economy.

This month, from today until the 21st, a ‘2040 Jeonbuk Province Future Vision Survey’ will be conducted, and from the 15th to the 20th, an ‘Online Evaluation of Excellent Cases of Proactive Administration’ is scheduled.

The public proposal contests, which collect residents’ ideas on specific topics, received 713 proposals over 8 contests.

Through the ‘Jeonbuk-type Population Policy Idea and Slogan Contest,’ the policy idea ‘Jeonbuk Love Hope Savings’ and the slogan ‘Ai Gadeuk Hope Jeonbuk, Job Gadeuk Happy Jeonbuk’ were selected as the best proposals, contributing to the promotion of related population policies.

The ‘Policy Empathy Quiz Events (7 sessions),’ themed on provincial government and social issues such as the children’s creative experience center opened last December and the 21st National Assembly election participation last month, attracted about 13,000 participants, making it the most popular content.

Jeonbuk Province plans to continue holding various events on different occasions to expand residents’ policy participation and provide incentives to residents with excellent proposals.

Lee Jong-hoon, Head of the Great Leap Planning Team, said, “Policy empathy and communication with residents are very important for the great leap forward of Jeonbuk. We will regularly inspect and improve the system to ensure no inconvenience when using Jeonbuk Sotongdaero, so that diverse voices of residents can be proposed as ideas and realized as policies through forums for empathy, comments, and discussions.”

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