Pyeongtaek City Holds First 2025 Cooperative Governance Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyeok] Pyeongtaek City held the '2025 First Pyeongtaek City Cooperative Governance Meeting' on the 14th at the city hall's comprehensive situation room.

This meeting, held as the final cooperative governance meeting of the third term, reviewed Pyeongtaek City's cooperative governance achievements, shared results of public-private cooperation evaluation surveys, and discussed directions for establishing the fourth-term cooperative governance working committee.

The representative public-private cooperation achievements selected by Pyeongtaek citizens include △the opening of 'Pyeongtaek Citizens' Space No. 1,' which converges cultural communities through citizen participation and cooperation △the establishment of the 'Pyeongtaek Public Interest Activity Support Center' to promote community public interest activities △the implementation of the civic cooperation contest 'If I Were the Mayor!' program.

Additionally, the meeting provided an opportunity to share achievements in establishing public-private cooperation systems for solving local community problems, laying the groundwork for revitalizing public-private cooperation, and establishing an energy experience park (EcoPlay).

Discussion also took place on the direction of establishing the fourth-term cooperative governance working committee. It was decided to expand participation from diverse citizens, including new and youth participants, and to form various groups and networks to strengthen the capacity of cooperation members.

Meanwhile, the city plans to conduct open recruitment for working committee members in March for the composition of the fourth-term cooperative governance (working committee) and intends to establish the cooperative governance working committee by May following review by the selection committee.

Co-chair Lee Jang-hyun stated, "While the process of realizing the invisible values of cooperative governance has faced many challenges, we have been able to achieve meaningful results to date thanks to all committee members' united efforts," adding, "I extend my deepest gratitude to all committee members for their dedication."

Mayor Jeong Jang-seon said, "Pyeongtaek City's cooperative governance has received positive evaluations because of the active participation and dedicated efforts of all cooperative governance members," and added, "Going forward, we will ensure the fourth-term cooperation is well-established so that the value of cooperative governance can spread further, and we will develop the existing foundation of cooperation even more."