Suncheon-si Deokyeon-dong Signs Business Agreement with Organizations to Revitalize Resident Autonomy

Signed Business Agreement with 24 Organizations to Realize Autonomous Welfare
Joint Cooperation to Create a NO Plastic Environment

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyang-gwon] The Deokyeon-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee (Chairperson Lee Hyang-gi) in Suncheon City signed a business agreement with representatives of local institutions and organizations at the Deokyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center on the 21st to solve local issues and realize autonomous welfare, and started activities of the village planning group.

On this day, 24 institutions and organizations participated, including schools, police stations, functional organizations, district-based commercial prosperity associations, YMCA, and the Federation for Environmental Movement.

The agreement stated that in order to actively respond to local issues, communication and continuous exchange will be conducted, and mutual cooperation will be made to strengthen autonomy capabilities and revitalize the local economy.

Additionally, they agreed to jointly strive to create a NO-plastic environment. Following this, the first workshop of the village planning group was held to enable residents to solve local problems by themselves and to find the direction for village development together.

At the workshop attended by about 60 people, the schedule of the village planning group was shared, and discussions were held on discovering resident-participation projects for next year’s budget allocation and making Deokyeon-dong sustainable.

Going forward, the village planning group will promote visiting workshops to collect residents’ opinions, and the proposed agendas will be prioritized through a residents’ general meeting. The decided projects will be realized through the neighborhood’s own projects, city/provincial public contests, or mid- to long-term projects.

Lee Hyang-gi, Chairperson of the Deokyeon-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee, said, “This business agreement, in which institutions and functional organizations all participated together to activate residents’ autonomy, is expected to be an opportunity for Deokyeon-dong to become the undisputed number one place for village democracy,” and added, “We will actively promote the village planning group activities so that projects that residents truly need can be discovered.”

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