WeGO enhances ties with Bangkok
[Seoul, June 19-30, 2025] –WeGO recently concluded a mission trip to Bangkok, aimed at expanding strategic partnerships and promoting its flagship initiatives, including the Seoul Smart City Prize, Seoul Smart Life Week, and other upcoming WeGO flagship events and activities.
During the mission, the WeGO delegation had a great opportunity to conduct fruitful bilateral meetings with the Governor of Bangkok, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Ambassador of Korea to Thailand, and the Assistant Vice President of Chulalongkorn University.
In addition, the WeGO Delegation conducted meetings with key stakeholders from Urban Studies Lab, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Korean-Thai Chamber of Commerce (KTCC), and KOTRA in Bangkok. Discussions focused on joint efforts in sustainable development, disaster resilience, smart mobility, and youth empowerment through the WeGO Champions Programs as well as expanding Seoul Smart City Prize awareness across Thailand. The visit included site tours at True Digital Park, Chong Nonsi Canal Park, and Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, showcasing Thailand’s innovation in smart urban design.
The mission underscores WeGO’s growing role in Southeast Asia and reinforces Thailand’s potential as a regional hub for smart city innovation.
About WeGO
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), is a membership-based international association of local governments, smart tech solution providers, and institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities through facilitating public-private partnerships (PPP). WeGO was founded by 50 member cities in 2010 as the World e-Governments Organization, hence our acronym. In response to the evolving concept of smart cities, WeGO expanded its vision and mandate at the 7th General Assembly (2017) and its name to the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization. WeGO’s Secretariat is based in Seoul, Korea, and has regional offices in East Asia (Chengdu, China), the Mediterranean (Beyoglu, Turkey), Africa (Abuja, Nigeria), Middle East & North Africa (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Latin America (Cuenca, Ecuador), and Central Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan). As the leading platform on smart city development, WeGO’s mission is to share knowledge and good practices in e-Governance; strengthen administrative efficiency and transparency; advance digital capacity; facilitate civic involvement; bridge the digital divide and inequality; and promote cooperation solidarity among cities and local governments around the world.
WeGO serves for its members as their international platform to improve the quality of life, innovate in the delivery of public services, and strengthen regional competitiveness.
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