Gyeonggi Province Establishes Daily Communication System with Residents through 'Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group'

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 21st that it will reflect residents' voices in policy and strengthen communication with residents through the 'Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group.'

The Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group is an institution designed to collect opinions from various sectors across the province and reflect them in provincial governance. Through public recruitment, 165 members were selected for the fourth term last month, and a total of 274 members, including 109 members continuing from the third term, will serve for two years starting August 1st.

The province selected participation group members by evaluating their interest in provincial affairs and commitment based on regional, gender, and age distribution. As a result, the group comprises diverse residents ranging from those in their 20s to 70s, including office workers, farmers and fishermen, self-employed individuals, housewives, and students.

The Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group conducts the following activities: △participation in satisfaction surveys on major provincial projects and suggestions for improvement and supplementation △participation in citizen review and evaluation for competitions, contests, and institutional assessments △testing and checking functions of computer systems such as apps and websites △participation in opinion-gathering events organized by the province, both online (such as soliciting discussion topics) and offline (such as seminars).

Last year, the group participated in human rights conditions surveys and monitoring to promote residents' human rights, opinion gathering to revitalize floating population in areas with population decline concerns, improvement suggestions for the Gyeonggi Culture Pass app, and opinion gathering on development activation of areas returned by the USFK.

Following Governor Choo Mi-ae's directive, the province plans to introduce various communication methods starting this year so that the Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group can serve as an example of communication innovation connecting the province and residents.

Accordingly, Governor Choo Mi-ae will directly participate in online Zoom meetings conducted by the Gyeonggi Love Citizen Participation Group to discuss major provincial issues with the participants, and plans to establish various daily communication systems including direct communication.

Governor Choo Mi-ae stated, "Direct communication by the provincial governor to listen and respond to residents' opinions will be the foundation for administrative innovation. In a large region like Gyeonggi Province, we can achieve deeper communication by strengthening direct communication online without incurring massive budgets. We will continue to innovate various public-private cooperation communication methods in the province," expressing strong commitment to communication.

Hong Deok-soo, director of Gyeonggi Province's Open Civil Petition Office, said, "The citizen participation group, as a representative of 14.2 million residents, is expected to realize participatory administration and enhance empathy and understanding of provincial governance by reflecting diverse voices in policy."