Suncheon-si Purchases Policy Ideas from Citizens' Daily Lives

Policy Idea Contest for Citizens Open Until the 23rd of Next Month

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 31st that it will purchase excellent policy ideas from citizens to create policies most needed in their daily lives.

The city judged that citizens' daily lives have been greatly depressed due to COVID-19 and opportunities for participation in city administration have decreased. To realize direct democracy, restore daily life quickly, and create policies essential to citizens, it is calling for policy ideas until the 23rd of next month.

Anyone who suddenly thinks, "If this policy is implemented, many citizens will benefit," or who has good policy ideas that are too valuable to discard in daily life can participate.

The contest fields are ▲Right to Participate (activation plans for citizens' participation in city administration, etc.), ▲Right to Enjoy (overall development of cultural tourism content), ▲Right to Work (regional economic revitalization, job creation, plans to revitalize Suncheon agriculture, etc.), and ▲Right to Benefit (improvement of ecological city living conditions, plans to brand Suncheon education, etc.), totaling four fields.

Applicants can download the application form from the Suncheon City website, write their policy proposal, and submit it by mail or email to the Suncheon City Citizen Sovereignty Office by the 23rd of next month.

The city will select 10 teams through a first document screening and a second evaluation by the relevant departments. To enhance policy feasibility, a one-month idea refinement process will be conducted, followed by a third presentation screening to select seven policy ideas.

Then, at the Democracy Policy Festival to be held on November 13, the purchase amount for policy ideas, totaling 3.3 million KRW ranging from 1.5 million KRW to 300,000 KRW, will be decided through citizen preference voting.

The city plans to actively promote the purchased policy ideas as city policies by preparing concrete execution plans and reflecting them in the budget through related departments.

A city official said, "When various policy ideas are proposed based on the life experiences of policy consumers, policies that are truly necessary and alive for citizens can be created, and the benefits will be returned accordingly," and added, "We ask for active participation in the citizens' policy idea contest."

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