Gwanak-gu Residents' Autonomy Committee Members Benchmark Suwon's Resident Autonomy Council

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Members of the Resident Autonomy Committee from Gwanak-gu, Seoul visited Suwon on the 19th to benchmark 'best practices of Suwon's Resident Autonomy Council.'

Around 100 members of the Gwanak-gu Resident Autonomy Committee listened to a lecture on 'the significance of comprehensive revision of the Local Autonomy Act' by Roh Min-ho, head of the Suwon City Local Autonomy and Decentralization Council secretariat, in the conference room of Paldal-gu Office, and then examined 'best practices of Suwon-style Resident Autonomy Council.'

The city announced that members of the Gwanak-gu Resident Autonomy Committee showed keen interest in the case of Haenggung-dong Resident Autonomy Council.

Haenggung-dong Resident Autonomy Council was selected as an excellent organization at the '18th National Resident Autonomy Expo Best Practice Competition (Resident Autonomy Division)' jointly hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Open Society Citizens' Coalition in October. Haenggung-dong is implementing unique and advanced resident autonomy projects including 'introduction of resident recommendation system for dong leaders,' a 'citizen bicycle rental station' operated directly by residents, and cultural arts festivals.

Mayor Yeom Tae-young visited Paldal-gu Office and said, "I sincerely welcome the members of Gwanak-gu's Resident Autonomy Committee who visited Suwon," and introduced Suwon as "a pioneering city that has introduced and operated citizen participation administration and the resident autonomy system since 2010."

He continued, "Suwon's resident participation policies such as the participatory budgeting system and community-building projects have gained recognition for their excellence and are spreading nationwide," and said, "I hope that Suwon City and Gwanak-gu become active partners in exchanging resident autonomy policies."