'2018 열린정부파트너십 아태 지역회의', 참여 민주주의 활성화 방안 찾는다<br /><br />The goal of Open Government Partnership is to improve citizen participation in politics.<br />This week, in Seoul, the OGC held its first Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for 2018.<br />Yoon Jung-min sheds light on some of the key discussion topics. <br />As more and more citizens around the world are taking an active part in politics, reformers are looking for ways to ensure dialogue between governments and society.<br />The Open Government Partnership Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2018 takes place in Seoul on Monday and Tuesday, with participants discussing ways to promote citizens' involvement in political decisions. <br />This year's OGP meeting was jointly organized by South Korea's interior and safety ministry. Some 600 participants including government officials, lawmakers, professors and citizens discussed ways to promote democracy.<br />The Korean government also shared its efforts toward an open government.<br />"After inauguration, our government opened Gwanghwamun 1st Street... a communication platform for citizens... at Gwanghwamun Square. Some 1.2 million citizens proposed 180 thousand policies over a 100-day period."<br />This year's meeting also encompasses other democratic issues... including raising public access to the legal system, improving governance to improve the quality of life, and fighting against corruption.<br />"...With the idea that if you carefully listen to what citizens have to say, what they want out of the government, and you respond to that as a government, you will get a better government, more effective government, credible government."<br />"...People with technology and IT infra, so open data and e-government is providing the resources and a platform for citizen participation in their own way."<br />The Open Government Partnership hopes this year's meeting will provide more practical advice for citizen engagement in politics.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News. <br />
