Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival Held in December...Pre-registration until September 25

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province will accept pre-registrations for discussion topics for the '4th Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival' to be held on December 3rd from September 1st to 25th.

Any Gyeonggi Province citizen or civic organization can directly submit topics and freely share opinions through an online platform.

Submitted topics will be evaluated in October by combining 50% citizen voting and 50% review by the steering committee established to promote the 'Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival'.

A total of 10 topics that pass the evaluation will be finally selected as discussion topics for the '4th Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival'.

Discussion topics can be submitted through the Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival website (policy.gg.go.kr).

For other details, inquiries can be made to the Province's Shared Governance Division, Cooperation Department (031-8008-5487).

Related departments will review the submitted discussion topics and post and share opinions on the Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival website.

Even after this recruitment period ends, any citizens who wish to propose policies can submit proposals year-round through the policy festival website's continuous proposal submission window.

A gift giveaway event has also been prepared.

Among citizens and organizations who participate in submissions during the period, 30 people selected as outstanding proposal contributors for discussion topics will be provided with coffee mobile coupons.

The '4th Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival', which creates a space for communication and harmony through various forms of open dialogue and discussion with citizens, will be held on December 3rd at the Suwon Convention Center located in Hadong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon.

The festival will feature various citizen participation programs including ▲500-person roundtable discussion ▲open citizen remarks ▲policy inquiries with citizens and the Governor ▲policy promotion booths ▲small-scale cultural events, and more.

At last year's 3rd festival, topics such as 'customized public jobs for people with severe disabilities centered on rights' and 'significance of artist creation allowances and directions for cultural and arts policy development' were selected.

Park Yeon-gyeong, Chief of Gyeonggi Province's Shared Governance Division, stated "The 4th Gyeonggi Province Citizens' Policy Festival is a process to find the rights and roles that Gyeonggi Province citizens, as the true owners of Gyeonggi Province, can have in participating in provincial administration," and added "We urge active interest and participation so that the public and private sectors can work together to create Gyeonggi as the center of change and opportunity."