Mapo District to Restructure Divisions from 8 to 7...Department Consolidation and Name Revisions

Abolishing Environment and Green Area Division, Integrating Planning and Budget Department
Establishing Dedicated Departments for Youth and Care Services

Mapo District in Seoul (Mayor Yudongkyun) will implement the first organizational restructuring under the ninth popularly elected administration on August 14, reducing the number of divisions from eight to seven. The core goal is to consolidate dispersed work functions and merge related departments, while also revising department names to reflect their specific responsibilities more clearly.

Yudong Gyun, Mayor of Mapo District. Courtesy of Mapo District Office.

With this overhaul, the number of divisions will decrease by one, but there will still be 2 offices and 37 departments, with the number of teams increasing by one to a total of 159 teams. The district explained that while it is streamlining the overall organizational framework, it is focusing on concentrating personnel and functions in key areas where needed.

The central focus of the restructuring is the dissolution of the Environment and Green Area Division. The four departments that previously made up this division will be redistributed based on their related work areas. The Clean Mapo Department and the Resource Circulation Department will be merged into the Cleaning Administration Department and placed under the Administrative Management Division. The Clear Environment Department will become the Environment Department and, along with the Parks and Green Area Department, will be moved to the Urban Environment Division. The intent is to group housing, urban planning, architecture, environment, and parks and green areas under one division for better coordination.

The planning and budgeting functions are also being adjusted. Functions that were previously separated into the New Mapo Office and the Budget Policy Department will be combined into a new Planning and Budget Department, thereby connecting policy formulation with resource allocation. The Public Relations and Media Department will be renamed the Public Relations Office and be placed under the direct supervision of the Deputy Mayor. The Culture and Arts Department will establish a new General Affairs Team by expanding the responsibilities of the current Culture Business Team. Some departments, such as the Cleaning Administration Department and the Planning and Budget Department, will be renamed to more accurately reflect their actual roles, which will enhance administrative accessibility.

The most prominent example of focusing personnel and functions is the creation of dedicated departments for youth and care services. The district will establish a Youth Policy Department by expanding the youth support functions of the Employment Cooperation Department, and will consolidate work related to jobs and startups into this new team. The care-related functions previously managed at the team level under the Welfare Policy Department will be expanded into an Integrated Care Department, which will include the Care Policy Team, Care Support Team, Single-Person Household Care Team, and Mental Health Care Team. The district stated this move is in line with the enforcement of the 'Act on the Integrated Support for Community Care, Including Medical and Nursing Services' that came into effect on March 27 of this year.

Mayor Yudongkyun stated, "In administration, what matters is not the size of the organization, but how effectively we deliver what the community needs," adding, "We will focus our strength according to each role, center administration on our residents, and create a district government where the community can feel the changes."

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