Incheon City Builds 'Resident Autonomy-Based' Digital Village Platform...Nation's First

Incheon City Digital Village Platform Example Screen [Provided by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City announced on the 5th that it will establish an online management system called the 'Digital Village Platform,' which links the entire process of operating residents' autonomy committees to provide efficient administrative services.

Aiming for official service launch in January next year, this project involves building a platform for four tasks of Incheon's 137 residents' autonomy committees: task management, accounting management, project management, and group management. It is the first system of its kind introduced by a local government in South Korea.

Once completed, tasks previously done manually such as document and meeting minutes preparation, expenditure resolutions, settlement reports, and residents' general meetings can be easily handled within the platform.

The city also plans to introduce functions such as resident networking activation for regional development, village resource sharing, and online voting to reflect residents' opinions in city administration.

The city intends to expand the operation of this project step-by-step into phases: the foundation-building phase for growth with citizens and creation of new value, the stabilization phase utilizing big data and artificial intelligence (AI), and the leap-forward phase for digital assetization.

An Incheon City official said, "We expect this platform construction to dramatically improve the transparency and work efficiency of residents' autonomy administration."

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