Hwaseong-si, Recruiting Citizen Participants for Smart City Rural Living Lab

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province is recruiting participants for the 'Smart City Rural Living Lab' citizen participation group until the 30th.

The 'Smart City Living Lab' is a citizen participation policy where residents identify problems in their local area and work with the city to find solutions using artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Earlier, the city operated a 'Fishing Village Living Lab' in Gungpyeong Port in June, deriving solutions to local issues such as ▲smart safety maps ▲smart parking signs ▲smart recycling bins.

This 'Rural Living Lab' is the second project of the Smart City Living Lab. It aims to identify rural area problems and seek solutions using smart city services.

The recruitment target is about 20 people, who must be residents or economic participants near Bibong-myeon. The activity period is from early September to the end of October. The city plans to hold three workshops to identify local issues and find solutions, culminating in a performance presentation in October to present the derived solutions.

The Living Lab will form three groups based on themes such as aging and transportation, and will involve experts and other personnel to support the citizen promotion group in generating feasible ideas.

Jung Myung-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong City, said, "The Living Lab is an important means to expand citizen participation, which is key to realizing a smart city," adding, "We will discover and spread smart city services tailored to local characteristics to ensure no area is left behind in Hwaseong City's smart city services."

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