Suwon Promotes "Local Autonomy and Decentralization" Together with Citizens

[Suwon Ilbo=Kang Han-seo, Reporter] On the 29th, Suwon City held a 'Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council New Member Appointment Ceremony' at the City Hall Situation Room and awarded appointment letters to 18 new members.

This appointment followed the amendment to the 'Suwon City Local Autonomy and Decentralization Promotion and Support Ordinance' on March 20, which expanded the membership of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council from 20 to 30 members.

With this appointment, the Suwon City Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council is composed of 30 members including Jo In-sang, Director of the Planning and Coordination Office of Suwon City (ex officio), members of the Suwon City Council, academic experts, and representatives from civic organizations. The term is two years.

The Suwon City Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council, launched in 2013, will establish business plans to promote local autonomy and special city status, and will serve the advisory role on matters related to local autonomy and decentralization.

The council will also hold roundtable discussions, national forums, and invited lectures to gather opinions from diverse sectors including the central government, decentralization organizations, academia, and citizens.

Following the appointment ceremony, the council held the '2019 First Regular Meeting,' and explored the direction of promoting local autonomy and special city status. It also discussed the 'Suwon City Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council Projects' to be implemented in the second half of the year.

The council plans to expand citizen participation and actively gather public opinions by implementing various activities including ▲promotion of Suwon Special City and local autonomy ▲policy discussion forums and empathetic education on local autonomy ▲citizen grand forum for realizing special city status ▲joint response council meetings for promoting special city status.

Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, who presented the appointment letters on this day, said, "I ask the members of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council to do their best so that genuine local autonomy and decentralization based on diversity and creativity can be realized."