Hwaseong Community Welfare Council Holds 10th Term Representative Council Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won Reporter] Hwaseong City held a commission ceremony for the 10th term Community Welfare Council's Representative Council and the first Representative Council meeting of 2024 on the 23rd at the City Hall Situation Room.

The Representative Council consists of ex-officio members including public sector chair Mayor Jung Myeong-geun of Hwaseong City, as well as individuals with extensive experience and expertise in the social welfare sector from organizations, facilities, and academia related to social security.

The Representative Council elected Choi Hyuk, Chairman of the Hwaseong Social Welfare Council, as the private sector chair at today's meeting.

Private Sector Chair Choi Hyuk stated, "The Community Welfare Council plays a central role in establishing Hwaseong City's social security system through cooperation between the private and public sectors, including the formulation of community social security plans," emphasizing cooperation and communication between the private and public sectors.

Subsequently, Hong No-mi, Director of the Department of Civil Welfare, said, "We ask that the Community Welfare Council take the lead in serving an important role in Hwaseong City's social security and community welfare, and in uncovering welfare blind spots and implementing inclusive social welfare."

Meanwhile, the Community Welfare Council is a public-private cooperation governance body providing services related to social security and plays roles in deliberation, recommendations, and consultation on matters including △formulation, implementation, and evaluation of community social security plans, community social security surveys and community social security indicators △provision of city, county, and district social security benefits and social security promotion △composition and operation of township and village community welfare councils.