Ministry of the Interior and Safety to Hold Public Participation Activation Forum on the 25th... Discussion on the Public Participation Activation Act

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Citizens, experts, and central and local government officials gather together to discuss the activation of public participation.

On the 24th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that on the 25th, it will hold a "Discussion Forum for the Activation of Public Participation" to review the government's achievements in public participation and discuss the need to strengthen the institutional foundation for public participation.

This forum was organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to collect opinions from citizens, experts, and related officials ahead of promoting the enactment of the Public Participation Activation Act as a basic law on public participation.

Hanna Kang, Senior Researcher at the nonprofit organization Ieum, will present on the topic "Achievements and Implications of Public Participation Systems and Projects," and Su-yeon Kim, Head of Institutional Decentralization at the Korea Association of Provincial Governors, will present on "The Need for Establishing an Institutional Foundation for the Activation of Public Participation and Its Expected Effects." Experts and officials in charge of local government participation activation will participate as on-site discussants.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to prepare a bill for the Public Participation Activation Act by reflecting the various opinions raised at this forum.

Han Chang-seop, Director of the Government Innovation Organization Office, said, "As we are preparing a law concerning public participation, we organized this forum to ensure sufficient citizen participation during the bill preparation process," and added, "We will actively reflect the diverse opinions from citizens expressed at the forum in the preparation of the bill."

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