Launch of Yongsan-gu Age-Friendly City Monitoring Team

Appointment of 30 Monitoring Team Members at District Office Conference Room on the 17th... 1-Year Term... Encouraging Policy Beneficiaries' Participation in District Administration and Reflecting Opinions on New Policies

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (Mayor Seongjang Hyun) held a launch ceremony for the Senior Monitoring Group for an Age-Friendly City on the 17th in the large conference room of the district office.

This was to encourage seniors to actively participate in district administration and to reflect the opinions and needs of beneficiaries in new policies.

The event proceeded in the order of awarding certificates of appointment, greetings, commemorative photo, and activity guidance and education, with Yongsan-gu Mayor Seongjang Hyun, Director of Resident Welfare Bureau, and appointed members in attendance.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, the district minimized the number of attendees.

The district publicly recruited participants for the Senior Monitoring Group in March. To accurately assess age-friendly policies, the target was set at those aged 55 and older, and considering gender and residence, a final 30 members (11 men and 19 women) were selected.

The monitoring group’s term is one year. Members will conduct ongoing surveys and inspections of the district’s age-friendly city policy projects until April next year. They can also provide opinions on inconveniences and areas for improvement in daily life.

This year, the district established an action plan to create an age-friendly city, focusing administrative efforts on making a city where all generations can live well together. It promotes 45 strategic projects across five major areas: ▲ Healthy aging ▲ Pleasant and convenient physical environment ▲ Safe traffic environment ▲ Balanced elderly life ▲ Consideration and respect.

A district official said, “Along with ongoing monitoring, various activities such as an age-friendly city evaluation survey and benchmarking of excellent projects are planned for the second half of the year,” adding, “We expect this to greatly contribute to creating policies that beneficiaries can empathize with.”

Last year, the district enacted the ‘Basic Ordinance for the Promotion of Senior Welfare to Realize an Age-Friendly City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul’ and established a mid- to long-term creation plan through a Yongsan-type age-friendly city creation research project. Recognized for this, it obtained the ‘World Health Organization (WHO) Age-Friendly City International Certification’ in February and became a member city.

Yongsan-gu Mayor Seongjang Hyun said, “An age-friendly city is a process of creating a city where not only seniors but all residents can live without inconvenience,” and added, “I ask the Senior Monitoring Group to carefully review district policies and offer various suggestions.”

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