Gochang-gun Launches 'Policy Design Team' Comprising Residents and Officials

On the 29th, Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk Province, announced that it held the '2024 Gochang-gun Public Service Design Team Launch Ceremony' at the county office conference room.

The policy design team was composed of 12 members, including residents, service designers, experts, and public officials.

Under the theme of 'Revitalizing the Declining Old Downtown (Developing Activation Plans for the Gochang Geumto(金土) Night Market),' effective policy development involving residents, policy designers, and public officials is planned.

Through active activities such as on-site investigations of the old downtown night market and idea meetings until October, opinions on the tasks will be collected, and efforts will be made to develop various policies.

Before the launch ceremony, there was also a session to discuss the direction of policy design with service designer Jo Young-su.

'Public Service Design' refers to a citizen-participatory policy model where policy demanders (citizens), suppliers (public officials), and service designers jointly participate in the policy process to improve and develop public services.

The county plans to increase projects involving residents and experts, starting with revitalizing the old downtown.

County Governor Shim Deok-seop said, "I hope this will be a great opportunity to catch two rabbits at once: strengthening residents' capabilities and solving local problems through resident-participatory policy decisions where residents directly participate to share local issues and find solutions."

Gochang = Kim Jae-gil, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

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