Launch of 150 People Drawing the "Future of Busan"

Inauguration Ceremony of the Citizen Planning Group for the Establishment of the '2040 Busan Urban Master Plan'

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 25th at 2 p.m., Busan City will hold the inauguration ceremony of the Citizen Planning Group for the establishment of the ‘2040 Busan Urban Master Plan’ at the 12th floor international conference room of City Hall, attended by Acting Mayor Byun Seong-wan and 150 citizen representatives.

The city conducted a 20-day public recruitment starting from the 24th of last month to create the ‘2040 Busan Urban Master Plan,’ a guideline for Busan’s future, together with its citizens.

The Citizen Planning Group was formed with a total of 150 members, including 100 citizen representatives selected through the recruitment process, and 50 others such as foreigners residing in Busan, businesspeople, small business owners, and representatives of civic groups.

Starting with the inauguration ceremony on this day, the Citizen Planning Group will actively engage in activities across five subcommittees. They plan to directly participate in key processes of urban planning such as setting Busan City’s vision, goal setting, establishing basic directions, and development strategies.

Through a total of four discussion sessions by September, they will identify regional visions and issues, and based on this, by mid-September, propose a future outlook of Busan from the citizens’ perspective along with core tasks and promotion strategies for each sector.

Professors from universities in the Busan area, including Professor Baek Tae-kyung of Dong-Eui University, will support the activities of the planning group.

This year, as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Citizen Planning Group will operate as an ‘O2O (On-line TO Off-line) Citizen Planning Group,’ combining non-face-to-face (online) meetings and face-to-face (offline) meetings. In August, non-face-to-face video conferences will be held using SNS, and face-to-face meetings will be conducted from the second half of the year.

Choi Dae-kyung, Director of the Urban Planning Office of Busan City, said, “Through the activities of the Citizen Planning Group, we will work with citizens to prepare new strategies in urban planning to respond to the post-COVID era.”

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