Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-joon: "Communities Must Change for Residents to Become Happier"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City Mayor Lee Jae-joon stated, "For residents' lives to improve and become happier, communities must change."

Mayor Lee delivered a special lecture themed "A Thrilling Suwon Special City, Residents' Autonomy Committees Running Together" at the '2023 Suwon Community Autonomy Capacity Enhancement Workshop' held at Base Resort in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province on the 24th and 25th, presenting his municipal philosophy and vision for creating a better Suwon and the direction for community autonomy committees to advance.

In his special lecture, Mayor Lee urged, "Please continue to work toward a venue of harmony where residents communicate and participate with one another," and emphasized, "A vibrant community is a living and thrilling Suwon Special City," and "I will run harder by your side and provide solid support."

The '2023 Community Autonomy Capacity Enhancement Workshop' proceeded with special lectures by Suwon Special City Mayor Lee Jae-joon, communication leadership education, and presentations of outstanding community autonomy cases, attended by 96 people including community autonomy committee members from 44 administrative divisions.

At this event, the community autonomy committees from Yulcheon-dong, Seodun-dong, Haenggung-dong, and Maetan 4-dong, which performed well in last year's evaluation of Suwon's community autonomy activities, presented outstanding cases from their respective districts.

Subsequently, community autonomy committee members participated in 'carbon neutral activities to reduce global temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius,' pledging to practice carbon neutrality and discussing action plans.

The workshop also included capacity enhancement education for community autonomy committees. Kang Jung-mo, director of the Citizens' Education Content Research Institute, conducted communication leadership enhancement education on the theme 'Collaboration is the Art of Creating Difference,' explaining the causes and characteristics of conflict and introducing methods for active listening and communication.