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

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

Today's event served as a communication venue for citizens to verify together how opinions from daily life are developed into policies. Approximately 150 participants including citizens, governance committee members, and students attended.

The Governance Committee selected nine policies closely related to citizens' daily lives as excellent cases this year. These include △human rights violation relief governance △mobile electronic notice integrated platform △integrated support for medical, long-term care, and care services △'Suwon e-taxi' phone call service △youth parliament △Gen Z (Z+Alpha) citizen proposal stories △dementia screening and promotional projects △'A lecture I proposed becomes reality!' △Bridge arts education project, and others.

Three departments presented cases at today's event. △The Human Rights Division's 'human rights violation relief governance' △the Education, Youth and Adolescent Division's 'youth parliament' △Suwon Youth and Youth Foundation's Bridge arts education project 'Fun Fun Art, Brazen Art'.

In the elementary student participation program 'We Want to Participate Too' based on 'New Light Talk Talk', students from Dasol Elementary, Myeongin Elementary, and Mangpo Elementary explained ideas for solving local problems discussed in their classrooms.

For practical proposals such as expanding trash bins and improving kiosk usage, relevant departments answered on-site, helping students easily understand the policies.

The Governance Committee proposed policy projects discovered by each division and discussed the direction of future governance-oriented administration. Diverse proposals followed, including △QR guide signs at tourist attractions △creating walkable Suwon streets △supporting lifelong learning for mid-career citizens.

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

Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "Governance is Suwon's core value created together by citizens," and added, "Citizen proposals drive urban change."