Pocheon City Holds Policy Forum with 100 Residents... "Finding Answers in Everyday Inconveniences"

Nov. 6 Public Participation Forum
Developing Everyday Policies Linked to 148 Pledges

Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Younghyun), will hold a forum to hear about the inconveniences residents experience in their daily lives and their ideas for improvement, and to incorporate them into policies for the ninth popularly elected administration.

Exterior view of Pocheon City Hall. Courtesy of Pocheon City.

Pocheon City announced on October 30 that it will hold a public participation forum, “Pocheon in the Ninth Administration: Finding Answers in Residents’ Daily Lives,” at 2 p.m. on November 6 in the main conference room at City Hall. About 100 residents and relevant public officials are expected to attend, share everyday problems, and discuss ways to improve policies.

The forum will begin with an introduction to the ninth administration’s municipal goal, “A Humanities City Where My Life Is Happy, Pride Pocheon,” and its main directions for city governance. This will be followed by topic-based discussions and group presentations of policy proposals. The forum will conclude at 4 p.m.

Residents will discuss the ninth administration’s 148 pledges in groups, organized around six major themes related to everyday life. Participants will develop their views through four steps: sharing their experiences, identifying ideas for improvement, setting priorities, and drafting resident proposals. Facilitators will support the discussions in each group.

Rather than evaluating whether residents support or oppose the pledges or whether they have been fulfilled, the city plans to focus on improving policies based on problems residents have experienced firsthand. Participants may also propose new ideas not included in the existing pledges.

Opinions and proposals from the forum will be sent to the relevant departments for consideration in future city governance and in the implementation of pledge-related projects.

A Pocheon City official said, “This is an opportunity to hear directly about the inconveniences residents experience in their daily lives and the changes they need, and to explore together how to reflect them in policy.” The official added, “We will carefully review the range of opinions and pursue policies that make a tangible difference in residents’ daily lives.”

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