Nowon-gu to Decide 2021 Policy Agendas Through Resident Referendum

On-site Public Forum to be Held on the 17th at 2 PM in the Small Auditorium on the 6th Floor of Nowon-gu Office... Direct Participation Available on Nowon-gu Website from the 20th to 23rd

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) is hosting the ‘Hyupchi Tok Tok Tok’ resident public forum, where residents directly select agendas that are realized as policies.

‘Hyupchi Tok Tok Tok’ is a large-scale public forum to decide the priority of projects through direct resident voting on the community innovation plan agendas to be implemented in 2021.

This year, due to COVID-19, both on-site voting and online voting will be conducted.

At the on-site public forum held on the 17th, participants will vote for their top 3 preferred projects using electronic voting devices. To comply with social distancing, the number of participants for on-site voting will be limited to a minimum and conducted through prior registration.

To allow more residents to participate, an online public forum will also be operated. Voting will take place on the Nowon-gu Office website from July 20 to 23, and any resident can participate. The final priority will be determined by combining the results of on-site voting and online voting.

The detailed projects decided through this vote include a total of eight: ▲ Healing Nowon Art Festival ▲ Establishing the foundation for Nowon-gol Cultural and Arts Street ▲ Danghyeoncheon Sarang Nadeuri (Love Outing) with residents ▲ Formation and operation of a Children’s Council where children’s voices are reflected and realized ▲ Well-dying for a happy elderly life ▲ Youth meeting the village to create tomorrow ▲ Unique neighborhood park maintenance ▲ Implementation of conflict mediation and support programs for stray and companion animals.

Additionally, three strategic agendas to be shared are ▲ Apartment community education and community revitalization ▲ Becoming a ‘Wise Green Consumer’ in response to climate change ▲ Hyupchi education and Shoulder-to-Shoulder project.

To ensure smooth project implementation, a ‘Public-Private Hyupchi Budget Adjustment Committee’ will be separately formed. The committee plans to review the appropriateness and rationality of the budget size for each project and reflect it in the 2021 project budgets.

Last year, the district selected 11 projects in fields such as culture and sports, local communities, welfare education, and environmental ecology. Through the public-private cooperation meeting, a total budget of 700 million KRW was allocated, and the hyupchi projects are being promoted this year.

Along with this, since April, the district has collected resident proposals under the theme ‘If I Were the Mayor of Nowon-gu,’ discovering a total of 177 policy ideas from local residents, civic groups, and administrative agencies. Among them, 8 projects and 3 strategic agendas were finally selected.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “Nowon, where today is happy and tomorrow is anticipated, is created through more resident participation and deeper public-private joint deliberation,” adding, “As the importance of public-private hyupchi grows in the post-COVID-19 era, we ask for your great interest and participation.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.