Hwaseong-si, Recruiting Citizen Participants for Urban Area Smart Living Lab

Targeting Hwasandong and Byeongjeom Station Areas
Identifying Local Issues and Proposing Solutions

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province is conducting a 'Smart City Living Lab' where citizens directly participate to identify local issues and find solutions in urban areas.

This Smart City Living Lab targets urban areas, recruiting 20 participants mainly residents or economic actors near Hwasan-dong and Byeongjeom Station. The activity period is from early next month until the end of November.

Selected citizen participants will enhance their understanding of smart cities through education on smart cities and living labs, then identify local problems through three workshops and share various solutions in a performance presentation. The recruitment period for citizen participants is until the 3rd of next month.

Previously, the city promoted a fishing village living lab targeting Gungpyeong Port and a rural living lab targeting Bibong-myeon this year. Namcheol Cho, head of Hwaseong City's Smart City Division, said, "The core of realizing a smart city is citizen participation," adding, "Living labs will be an important means to expand citizen participation."