Online Public Forum with Gwanak Residents: What Was the Conclusion?

Discovering Cooperative Tasks for Rapid Recovery of Gwanak Urban Environment Post-Pandemic... Discussion on Four Themes: Resident Health Rights, Climate Crisis Response, Village Environment Improvement, and Youth Welfare

The scene of the online public forum held on the 11th to find practical measures for residents' health rights

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) conducted a total of four online public forums from the 11th to the 13th to discover cooperative governance tasks for 2022, aiming to realize Gwanak’s core operational values of innovation, inclusion, and cooperation during the 7th local government term.

The district selected the forum topics through multiple cooperative governance meetings and resident opinion collections, targeting the rapid recovery of Gwanak’s urban environment after the pandemic. Discussions were held with a total of 84 participants, including cooperative governance committee members, administration officials, and residents.

The forum covered four main topics: ▲Finding practical measures for residents’ health rights from an ecological welfare perspective ▲Reducing carbon emissions to respond to the climate crisis ▲Community-upcycled projects (environmental improvement of Samsung-dong Dolsam Happy Village) ▲Connecting ‘You, the Youth’ and ‘Me, the Village’ (creating community in the living culture domain).

In particular, to overcome communication difficulties inherent in non-face-to-face forums, mini-lectures by experts related to the topics were provided before the discussions to facilitate understanding of somewhat unfamiliar subjects and to elevate the quality of the debate.

The mini-lectures featured various local figures from different fields, including Lee Do-yeon, a committee member of Gwanak Jeongdawon Medical Welfare Social Cooperative, Kim Sook-hee, director of the Nanggok-Nanhyang Urban Regeneration Field Support Center, Professor Lee Jang-seop of Seoul National University, and Ahn Byung-cheon, CEO of Gwanak FM, all contributing to solving pressing local issues.

The topics discussed in this forum will continuously undergo coordination between the administration and the private sector and will be submitted to the Seoul Metropolitan Government in early July as the ‘2022 Local Community Innovation Plan Cooperative Governance Tasks.’

Residents interested in the forum topics can watch the sessions anytime on YouTube and submit their opinions on the district office website (Online Gwanak Office → Policy Participation → Gwanak-gu Asks) until the 28th.

Meanwhile, since the launch of the 7th local government term, the district has been operating the 365-day Online Gwanak Office, allowing residents to present diverse opinions anytime and anywhere, striving to establish cooperative governance through broad communication with residents.

Mayor Park Jun-hee stated, “Through this online public forum, we shared opinions with residents on local issues, discovered agendas for solutions, and concretized cooperative governance tasks to create a more advanced Gwanak-gu. We will continue to prioritize communication with residents through various channels and do our best to realize innovation, inclusion, and cooperative governance in Gwanak.”

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