Building Pohang's Future Together! ... Pohang City Holds Idea Presentation Meeting

Youth, Low Birthrate, and Population Decline: Proposing Various Policy Alternatives

Efforts to Reflect Ideas in Governance for Making Pohang a Better Place to Live

On the 28th, Pohang City held the '2023 Policy Planning Group and Citizen Policy Group Idea Final Presentation' at the city hall's main conference room.

On the 28th, Pohang City held the '2023 Policy Planning Team and Citizen Policy Team Idea Final Presentation' in the city hall's main conference room.

At the presentation, 30 members from 7 teams of the Citizen Policy Group, a policy research group composed of Pohang citizens, and 25 members from 6 teams of the Policy Planning Group, consisting of city employees, presented the results of their months-long research.

The evaluation was conducted by a panel of seven judges, including external experts such as university professors and internal judges, to assess the research projects and the feasibility of integrating them into city administration.

This year, various ideas were discovered to address local extinction issues, including ▲creating a youth startup city to attract population to the local community ▲urban regeneration around the Pohang Canal and revitalization of tram tourism ▲support for improving youth housing conditions in Pohang ▲and Yes Pokids Zone in Pohang for the ultra-low birthrate era.

As a result of the final evaluation, the 'Happy Pohang Team' from the Citizen Policy Group won the gold prize by proposing the 'Next-Generation Smart Bus Stop' integrating IoT technology at bus stops, and the 'Pohang Saessak Team' from the Policy Planning Group won the gold prize by presenting ideas for the 'One-Room Remodeling Support Project' to improve youth housing conditions in Pohang.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “Each policy discovered through the collective efforts of many people becomes the foundation for Pohang’s future development,” and added, “I ask the relevant departments to actively reflect these policies so that the results of the diligent research by citizens and employees for the development of our city can be realized into actual projects.”

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