Bonghwa's Four-Year Welfare Blueprint to Be Shaped by Residents' Voices

6th Community Social Security Plan Public Hearing
Detailing Resident-Centered Policies for 2027-2030

Bonghwa County announced on the 29th that it held the "6th (2027-2030) Bonghwa County Community Social Security Plan Interim Briefing and Public Hearing" at the Bonghwa County Youth Center performance hall on the 27th.

Approximately 70 participants, including local residents, members of the Community Social Security Council, and project managers, attended the public hearing to discuss the direction of the county's welfare policy for the next four years and social security initiatives reflecting regional characteristics.

The Community Social Security Plan serves as the basic framework for mid- to long-term social security policies formulated by local governments, based on the welfare needs of local residents and community-specific circumstances. The 6th plan will outline the development direction and key initiatives for the community social security policies that Bonghwa County will implement from 2027 to 2030.

The interim briefing and public hearing were organized to share the progress of plan development so far and to extensively gather input from residents and frontline stakeholders. This aims to enhance both the effectiveness and completeness of the policies.

In particular, the county is focusing on moving away from an administration-centered, top-down planning approach and instead prioritizing the inclusion of feedback from those who actually use welfare services as well as stakeholders on the ground.

Feedback submitted during the public hearing will go through a review and refinement process and will be incorporated into detailed action items and project plans. Through this, Bonghwa County aims to discover welfare policies tailored to local conditions and resident needs, and to build a community social security system where residents can genuinely experience meaningful changes in daily life.

Choi Ki-young, Governor of Bonghwa County, stated, "We will actively review the wide range of suggestions made in this public hearing and strive to establish a community social security plan that local residents can truly feel and benefit from."

The success of the Community Social Security Plan depends not on increasing the number of projects, but on how effectively welfare services required by residents are interconnected and operative at the grassroots level.

This public hearing is seen as a meaningful step in translating Bonghwa’s local characteristics and real resident needs into policy, and there is attention on which action items will ultimately be reflected in the finalized plan.

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