Mapo-gu Sangsaeng Committee Sailing Smoothly

"Local Issues, Sailing Together with Resident Experts"

128 Coexistence Committee Members Across 16 Neighborhoods Hold Regular Meetings by District

Park Gang-su, District Mayor, "Expecting a More Livable Mapo Through Public-Private Cooperation"

Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that the neighborhood coexistence committees formed across all 16 neighborhoods in 2023 have set off smoothly.

The neighborhood coexistence committees were established to directly discuss and resolve civil complaints and conflicts occurring within the community with residents who best understand local conditions. Accordingly, in December last year, Mapo-gu appointed a total of 128 coexistence committee members across the 16 neighborhoods.

The committees are organized with each neighborhood chief as the chairperson, and include local representatives, lawyers, architects, and technical experts as members, ensuring that both local understanding and professional insight are integrated into problem-solving.

Since early this year, neighborhood coexistence committees have been held in each district, during which they elected vice-chairpersons, established operational regulations, and shared major work plans of the neighborhood community centers for the year, laying the foundation for committee operations.

In particular, the Yonggang-dong coexistence committee discussed the ‘Resident Participation Filial Meal’ project, which Mapo-gu is promoting with the goal of ‘Walking Together with Seniors,’ at the regular meeting held on the 14th, and decided to donate 1 million KRW to the Mapo Welfare Foundation.

A member of the Yonggang-dong coexistence committee who attended the meeting said, “Thinking not as a bystander but as someone who directly jumps in to find solutions to local issues feels both burdensome and rewarding.”

District Mayor Park Gang-su stated, “Listening to and communicating with residents who know local issues best is the core of the 8th public administration’s policies. I hope that through the neighborhood coexistence committees, various public concerns will be wisely resolved, and that such public-private cooperation will make Mapo a more livable area.”

The district plans to hold regular neighborhood coexistence committee meetings once every quarter and convene special meetings as needed to accelerate the resolution of local issues.

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