Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Expands Resident General Assembly with 'Residents Directly Discovering Agendas' to All Areas

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Samho) will expand the resident general meetings, where residents directly discover village agendas and find solutions, to all areas this year.

On the 8th, Gwangsan-gu announced that it will sequentially hold the '2021 Our Neighborhood Happiness Resident General Meeting' in each dong.

The resident general meeting is a public forum centered on each dong's resident autonomy committee, where residents discover village issues and find solutions together.

Last year, resident general meetings were held only in dongs where resident autonomy committees were formed, but in preparation for the full implementation of resident autonomy committees, this year, nine dongs operating resident autonomy committees will also pilot resident general meetings. All 21 dongs in Gwangsan-gu will engage in discovering village agendas.

Starting with Dosan-dong on the 2nd, the nine dongs with resident autonomy committees will hold resident general meetings until July, and the 12 dongs with resident autonomy committees will hold meetings sequentially from July to September.

The village agendas to be submitted to the resident general meetings are derived by each dong's resident autonomy committee or resident autonomy committee forming a village planning group, conducting village surveys by division, collecting residents' opinions, and discussing implementation plans.

Regarding the implementation of resident general meetings, Gwangsan-gu plans to minimize on-site participation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and conduct events online (Zoom, YouTube). In particular, the priority of village agendas will be decided through Gwangsan-gu's citizen participation platform, 'GwangsanON' online voting system.

Any resident of the respective dong can participate in the resident vote. Online voting can be accessed through 'GwangsanON.' The voting site will open according to the voting schedule for each dong.

Kim Samho, Mayor of Gwangsan-gu, said, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we will hold online and offline resident general meetings again this year following last year," and added, "We hope for active participation to realize practical living autonomy led by residents."

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