Suwon City Pursues WHO Age-Friendly City Certification... Third Time Since 2016

The city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province is pursuing its third certification as an Age-friendly City by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Since receiving WHO Age-friendly City membership certification in 2016, Suwon announced on the 6th that it is promoting detailed implementation plans of the 'Five-year Mid- to Long-term Plan for an Age-friendly City' aiming for the third re-certification.

A WHO Age-friendly City refers to a city where aging is not inconvenient, a city that is good to live in regardless of age, and a city where people can actively participate in society to spend their elderly years healthily.

Suwon City held a report meeting on the promotion of an age-friendly city on the 5th and decided to pursue its third certification from the World Health Organization. Photo by Suwon City Hall

On the 5th, Suwon held the '2024 Age-friendly City Detailed Implementation Plan Progress Report Meeting' in the city hall's medium conference room and reported the achievements of the age-friendly city projects carried out in 2024.

Suwon set four major goals for creating an age-friendly city: ▲ Creating a healthy and beneficial living environment ▲ Creating a comfortable and safe urban environment ▲ Creating a participatory and respectful social environment ▲ Creating a vibrant and stable economic environment.

An official from Suwon stated, "To create an age-friendly city, each department must share policies and actively cooperate," adding, "We will strive to become a happy city where all citizens, not only the elderly, are respected without age discrimination."