Suwon Special City Holds '2025 Together in Value, Governance Talk Talk'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City held ‘2025 Together in Value, Governance Talk Talk’ at 111CM Lounge on the 9th, introducing excellence cases in collaborative governance and citizen proposals. It also shared the outcomes of collaborative city administration with citizens.

The event was a communication forum where citizens confirmed together how opinions from daily life develop into policies. About 150 people participated, including citizens, collaborative governance committee members, and students.

The Collaborative Governance Committee selected nine policies closely related to citizens' daily lives as excellence cases this year. These include △human rights violation relief governance △mobile electronic notice integrated platform △integrated support for medical care, long-term care, and caregiving △‘Suwon e-Taxi’ phone call service △youth assembly △Z+Alpha generation citizen proposal stories △dementia screening and promotion projects △‘The lecture I proposed becomes reality!’ △and the Bridge Art Education Project.

Three departments presented cases at the event. These were △the Human Rights Division’s ‘Human Rights Violation Relief Governance’ △the Education, Youth and Adolescence Division’s ‘Youth Assembly’ △and the Suwon Youth and Young Adults Foundation’s Bridge Art Education Project ‘Fun Fun Art, Unashamed Art’.

In the elementary school participation program ‘We Want to Participate Too’ based on ‘Shinebit Talk Talk’, students from Dasol Elementary, Myeongin Elementary, and Mangpo Elementary explained ideas to solve regional problems discussed in their classrooms.

Regarding living proposals such as expanding trash cans and improving kiosk usage, the responsible departments answered on-site, helping students easily understand the policies.

The Collaborative Governance Committee proposed policy projects discovered by each subcommittee and discussed the future direction of collaborative city administration. Various proposals followed, including △QR guide information to be viewed and heard at tourist attractions △creating Suwon streets people want to walk △supporting lifelong learning for new middle-aged people.

In the empathy talk session, key tasks were discussed, including △expanding citizen participation △improving the proposal reflection system △strengthening collaborative governance effectiveness.

Mayor Lee Jae-joon said, “Collaborative governance is Suwon’s core value created together by citizens,” and added, “Citizen proposals drive urban change.”