Gyeonggi Province Opens Pre-Registration for 'Discussion Topics' Ahead of December Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will accept discussion topics for the 'Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival' to be held on December 3rd from the 1st to the 25th of this month.

Any Gyeonggi residents, civic groups, and others can directly submit topics online and freely share their opinions.

The proposed topics will be evaluated by combining 50% of the residents' vote in October and 50% of the review by the steering committee formed to promote the 'Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival.'

A total of 10 topics will be finally selected as discussion topics for the '4th Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival' after the review. Discussion topics can be submitted through the Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival website.

The province will review the submitted discussion topics with related departments and post and share the opinions on the Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival website. Even after this application period, any resident who wishes to propose policies can access the policy festival website and submit proposals anytime throughout the year.

The province will also present gifts related to this event. Among the residents and organizations participating in the submissions during the period, 30 outstanding proposers of discussion topics will be selected and given coffee mobile coupons.

Park Yeon-gyeong, Director of the Public-Private Cooperation Division of the province, said, "The 4th Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival is a process to find the authority and role for Gyeonggi residents, the owners of Gyeonggi Province, to participate in provincial administration," and urged, "Please actively participate so that the public and private sectors can together create a center of change and an opportunity-filled Gyeonggi."

Meanwhile, the 4th Gyeonggi Residents Policy Festival will be held on December 3rd at the Suwon Convention Center located in Hadong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon City. The festival will feature various resident participation programs such as ▲ 500-person roundtable discussions ▲ residents' free speeches ▲ policy Q&A between residents and the governor ▲ policy promotion booths ▲ small-scale cultural events.

At last year's 3rd festival, topics such as 'Rights-centered customized public jobs for people with severe disabilities' and 'The meaning of artists' creative allowances and the development direction of cultural arts policies' were selected.

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