Yeongdeungpo-gu Holds Open Forum Online and Offline

June 9-17 Online and Offline Open Forum Held... Access via Official Website and QR Code... Prioritizing 2022 Yeongdeungpo-gu Collaborative Governance Projects through Online and Offline Voting

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Chae Hyun-il) will hold the '2021 Yeongdeungpo Open Forum' for 9 days from the 9th to the 17th to reflect residents' opinions in selecting the priority of cooperative governance agendas in the 2022 Community Innovation Plan.

The 'Community Innovation Plan' is a plan executed to achieve sustainable regional development by designing strategies to solve community problems through public and private sectors' joint deliberation and discussion processes. It is significant in that the entire process from planning, execution, to evaluation is communicated and promoted with residents.

Since November last year, the district has discovered cooperative governance agendas through online and offline channels, including resident and department proposals and reviews of existing agendas. After research meetings by agenda, public-private TF meetings, and departmental reviews, a total of 12 agendas were submitted to the 2021 Yeongdeungpo Open Forum.

The submitted agendas include ▲ Beautiful Butterfly, envisioning coexistence between stray cats and people ▲ Yeongdeungpo Fresh Produce Live Tour ▲ Development of Yeongdeungpo Village & Alley Travel Tourism Products ▲ Here and There Neighborhood Bookstores stocking recommended books in local shops ▲ Multicultural awareness improvement education led by youth ▲ Mobile public playgrounds operating small-scale movable playgrounds by district.

Also included are ▲ Facility improvements for Daerim Children's Park enjoyed by all ▲ Becoming a building owner together to respond to gentrification in alleyway living commercial districts ▲ Life technology solving daily problems through local networks, "I Have, I Have Daisso" ▲ Training and employment support for medical tourism professionals ▲ Learning assistants for students with disabilities ▲ Ice pack reuse projects with residents, mainly focusing on issues closely related to residents' daily lives.

The 2021 Yeongdeungpo Open Forum is open to anyone residing in Yeongdeungpo-gu or working in Yeongdeungpo-gu, who can participate via the Cooperative Governance Yeongdeungpo platform or QR code access.

After accessing the site and checking detailed information about the cooperative governance agendas, participants can vote for up to three preferred agendas on the Seoul M-Voting website.

Additionally, on June 9th afternoon, the district held an open forum at the auditorium of the Yeongdeungpo-gu Office annex to select priority projects.

The open forum was broadcast live on the 'Cooperative Governance Yeongdeungpo' YouTube channel, where members of the Yeongdeungpo-gu Cooperative Governance Council and agenda research groups participated together to share progress and detailed content of each project.

Voting for the priority of the submitted agendas will continue until June 17th.

In particular, to assist residents who find online participation difficult, offline voting booths were operated at the main Yeongdeungpo-gu Office and 18 community service centers, enabling residents to easily participate in voting nearby.

Participation methods and priority selection results of the 2021 Yeongdeungpo Open Forum can be checked through the 'Cooperative Governance Yeongdeungpo' Naver blog.

In the future, the selected priority cooperative governance agendas will be developed into detailed execution plans through joint discussions and coordination between public and private sectors, followed by consultation and adjustment with Seoul City and approval from the Yeongdeungpo-gu Cooperative Governance Council, to be actively promoted as cooperative governance projects next year.

Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “We ask for residents' great interest and participation in selecting cooperative governance agendas at the 2021 Open Forum, which aims to solve community challenges and bring about positive change.” He added, “We will continue to complete autonomous decentralization based on ‘communication and cooperation’ and create an open Yeongdeungpo where residents are the owners.”

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