Seongdong-gu, 2024 Collaborative Agenda Selection Voting

Voting for the selection of 2024 cooperative governance agendas through the Seoul EmVoting website until August 23

Residents and active participants of Seongdong-gu can participate, with each person allowed to select up to 3 agendas

Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jung Won-oh) is conducting an online resident vote until the 23rd of this month to select the 2024 Seongdong-gu cooperative governance agendas.

The district has been promoting the ‘Seongdong-style public-private cooperation’ for six years, where the public and government collaborate to discover local agendas, select agendas, and execute projects together to solve various social issues such as aging population and revitalization of the local economy.

Seongdong-gu is striving to move away from simple one-time civil complaints or government-led project implementation methods, aiming to encourage active resident participation according to project goals through public discussion and deliberation processes.

Especially this year, in addition to the members of the Seongdong-gu Cooperative Governance Council, open subcommittee members were recruited to increase resident participation. Through online proposal submissions and public forums, a total of 44 cooperative governance agendas were discovered. Among the discovered agendas, after deliberation discussions and departmental feasibility reviews, seven new agendas were finally submitted for this resident vote.

The agendas submitted for the resident vote are ▲Operation of a public sign language library ▲Visiting daycare centers for the elderly ▲Promotion of ‘Sowol’ culture related to poet Kim Sowol ▲Reducing the use of disposable cups ▲Securing a children’s hospital with night-time medical services ▲Environmental improvement of Atelier Road around Seongsu-dong Seoul Forest ▲Application of special fluorescent materials on alleyways for crime prevention.

Anyone residing or active in Seongdong-gu (including workplaces and institutions located there) can vote through the Seoul EmVoting website, selecting up to three agendas. The district will reflect the priority based on the voting results, adjust the project budget of the Seongdong Cooperative Governance Council, and decide on the cooperative governance agendas. The finally selected projects are planned to be actively promoted starting next year.

Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, stated, “It is important for the public and government to work together to discover innovative public services that meet residents’ demands,” and added, “Since the resident vote is an opportunity to confirm residents’ opinions on the discovered cooperative governance agendas, we ask for active participation.”

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