Seoul citizens monitor public projects to ensure fairness
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One hundred Seoul citizens participating in the Seoul Citizen Participation Ombudsman program attended a workshop to improve their ability to oversee public projects.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Citizen Audit and Ombudsman Committee hosted the event, renewing the appointments of 14 ombudsmen and sharing their monitoring results. These citizens work to review major city projects and offer opinions on audits and investigations. Currently, 100 people participate, divided into ten groups.
At the workshop, they discussed ways to effectively monitor public works and increase citizen involvement, using examples they discovered during their oversight work. The committee is currently monitoring and evaluating a total of 754 projects, focusing on construction projects costing over 3 billion won, service contracts over 500 million won, and goods purchases over 100 million won. They also observed contract selection processes 430 times.
Participants also walked the Namsan Freedom Trail to learn about past human rights issues and Seoul’s related policies. Jo Deok-hyun, the chairman of the Seoul Citizen Audit and Ombudsman Committee, stated the goal is to create a fair and transparent city government by listening to citizens’ voices and promised continued efforts to improve city administration from a citizen’s perspective.
