Gyeonggi Province to Hold Residents' Representative Assembly on Integrated Care at Kyung Hee University International Campus, Dec. 20-21

Gyeonggi Province will hold the Residents' Representative Assembly under the theme "Gyeonggi-Style Integrated Care, Completed by Residents' Voices" at Kyung Hee University International Campus in Suwon on December 20-21.

The Residents' Representative Assembly is a forum to invigorate Gyeonggi Province's policies through public deliberation involving residents, and to actively gather voices from the field, including various policy proposals identified in residents' daily lives.

Previously, Gyeonggi Province sequentially held expert forums, stakeholder forums, and regional forums for the northern and southern areas to identify key issues.

For the Residents' Representative Assembly, Gyeonggi Province will select 200 participants, half chosen at random and half through an open recruitment process.

To reflect the opinions of future generations, a separate group of 10 youth participants will also be recruited. Residents who wish to participate can apply by scanning the QR code on the poster by December 16.

This year's theme, integrated care, refers to a system that provides coordinated care services-including medical and nursing care-within the community, so that people facing difficulties in daily life due to frailty, disability, illness, or accidents can continue to live healthily where they currently reside.

Recruitment Poster for Gyeonggi Province Residents' Representative Assembly Participation Group

To institutionalize this, the government has enacted the "Act on Integrated Support for Community Care Including Medical and Nursing Services," which will take effect on March 27 next year. Local governments are required to establish integrated support systems by the time the law is implemented.

Gyeonggi Province will livestream the Residents' Representative Assembly on YouTube. Residents wishing to participate online can join by visiting YouTube (www.youtube.com/@ggholics) on the day of the event.

Gyeonggi Province will produce a video white paper of the public deliberation results and release it to residents, reflecting the outcomes in future policy improvements.

Kim Beomyong, Head of the Gyeonggi Province Public Deliberation Promotion Team, said, "The final public deliberation agenda of the 8th popularly elected administration is integrated care," adding, "This year's resident participation deliberation process will be a meaningful first step toward changing the care paradigm in South Korea."

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