Jeonju City Holds Joint Workshop for Communication and Cooperation Spaces by Regional Hubs

Sharing Social Innovation Achievements in Jeonju, Chuncheon, Daejeon, and Jeju City

Photo by Jeonju City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee] Jeonju City in Jeollabuk-do has shared achievements with local governments operating communication and cooperation spaces to expand the base of social innovation that solves various regional issues through citizen participation.

On the 30th, the city announced that it held a joint workshop for regional hub communication and cooperation spaces, involving four leading social innovation cities in Korea, at Seopyeongdeung Jeonju, the country's first communication and cooperation space located in Seonosong Art Village.

At this workshop, hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, four local governments?Jeonju, Chuncheon, Daejeon, and Jeju?shared the progress and challenges of their regional social innovation projects.

They also discussed the basic direction for establishing a performance management system for the communication and cooperation space project, which has entered its third year.

On this day, Jeonju City presented the case of reorganizing Seonmi Village into a women's human rights space and the achievements of discovering and supporting the growth of social innovators to solve community problems.

Additionally, the city introduced citizens' activities aimed at discovering local social agendas and solving problems through projects such as the social innovation living lab project, youth community support project, gender equality lifestyle research contest, and social innovation idea contest.

Previously, in 2018, the city was selected in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's contest for establishing regional hub communication and cooperation spaces and has been operating two such spaces.

Seopyeongdeung Jeonju, the first communication and cooperation space opened in December last year, has been leading cultural urban regeneration projects in Seonmi Village, a red-light district, to enhance women's roles, while the second space, Social Innovation Jeonju, is conducting social innovation living lab projects.

Kim Jongseong, Director of the Social Solidarity Support Division, said, “Sharing innovative projects from various local governments has provided an opportunity for Jeonju’s innovation projects to advance further,” adding, “As the role of regional hub communication and cooperation spaces becomes increasingly important, we will do our best to create spaces where innovation actors can actively engage.”

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