Civic Term 8 'New Suwon Planning Group' Prepares to Set Sail for Suwon's Blueprint

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] The Civic Term 8 'New Suwon Planning Group' began full-scale divisional meetings from the 19th, preparing to set sail for opening a new future for Suwon Special City.

The 'New Suwon Planning Group,' which was launched on the 14th to establish policy direction including the vision and key strategies of Suwon Special City and to develop implementation plans for campaign promises, held its first meetings starting on the 19th with the Culture and Welfare Subcommittee and the Autonomous and Education Subcommittee, followed by meetings of the Economic Subcommittee on the 20th and the Urban Development Subcommittee on the 21st. The Environment Subcommittee is scheduled to hold its first meeting on the 25th.

Each subcommittee reviewed matters to be supplemented regarding 60 promised projects and 40 hope projects of Civic Term 8 at the first meeting, and then discussed policy measures and implementation plans. Each subcommittee plans to establish 2-3 sub-subcommittees to discuss specialized fields by sub-subcommittee.

The 'New Suwon Planning Group' serves the role of setting policy direction including the vision and key strategies of Suwon City for Civic Term 8 and establishing implementation plans for campaign promises.

It consists of five subcommittees: △Economic Subcommittee △Urban Development Subcommittee △Environment and Transportation Subcommittee △Culture and Welfare Subcommittee △Autonomous and Education Subcommittee, and two special committees including the 'Social Integration Committee' and the 'Airport Relocation Committee.'

A total of 85 members, including professors and experts in respective fields, representatives and executives from Suwon City governance institutions and organizations, and civic organizations, serve as committee members. Co-chairs are Hwang In-guk, chairman of the Institute for Daily Policy (NPO), and Oh Young-gyun, dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy at Suwon University.

The five subcommittees of the New Suwon Planning Group will hold meetings 1-2 times per week through September, participate in policy establishment, proposals, and consultations on promised projects, and take the lead in designing policy operations. They will also participate in citizen forums on policy operations to gather public opinions.

The New Suwon Planning Group will establish the 'Civic Term 8 Policy Operations 4-Year Plan' containing the vision, goals, and strategies of policy operations and present it at the 'Vision Declaration Ceremony' to be held in early October.