Jongno-gu Achieves Triple Presidential Awards... Secures 22.5 Billion Won in Various Contest Projects

▲Presidential Award Triple Crown Winner at Korea City Awards, Dasan Mokmin Awards, and Korea Land Grand Prize

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) is seeing various projects, pursued with the belief of "starting small and slow, but doing it right," bear fruit one after another in public contests.

In 2019, Jongno-gu won a total of 188 awards from evaluations and contests held by central government ministries, Seoul city, and the private sector, securing project funds exceeding 22.5 billion KRW, thereby enhancing its status as a people-centered premium city.

This achievement surpasses the 168 awards won in 2018, and the secured budget is planned to be used for changes desired by residents.

Notably, Jongno-gu achieved a remarkable record of winning three Presidential Awards in the 'Korea Urban Awards,' 'Dasan Mokmin Awards,' and 'Korea Land Awards.' This is an unprecedented feat among autonomous districts.

The 'Korea Urban Awards' is one of the most prestigious awards in the country, evaluating the efforts of 226 local governments nationwide over the past year to improve urban residents' quality of life and urban competitiveness.

Despite being located in downtown Seoul with a particularly high floating population compared to its resident population, making it difficult to implement independent policies, Jongno-gu received high praise for preserving traditional Korean culture and implementing various policies for socially vulnerable groups.

The 'Dasan Mokmin Awards' are given to local governments demonstrating exemplary local administration based on the principles of Dasan Jeong Yak-yong: discipline, public service, and love for the people. Jongno-gu was highly evaluated for its early implementation of fine dust management measures threatening residents' lives, as well as meticulous administration such as road washing, dust suction cleaning, rooftop cleaning, urban gardens, and indoor air quality improvement in small multi-use facilities.

Additionally, reflecting the unique characteristics of the Changsin and Sungin areas, which have a long history of the sewing industry, and considering children's preferences, Jongno-gu created the Sanmaru Playground and won the Presidential Award at the '2019 Korea Land Awards.'

Moreover, Jongno-gu demonstrated excellent administrative capabilities nationwide by winning 29 awards in prestigious external evaluations by central government ministries through exemplary project implementation that serves as a model for other institutions.

Among these, Jongno-gu won the Prime Minister's Award at the 4th Active Administration Best Practice Competition with the theme "Security Lights - Reporting Road Name Addresses via QR Codes, Budget Savings as a Bonus!" Since February this year, Jongno-gu has assigned location information and unique QR codes to about 10,000 security light nameplates in the area and established a security light management system, significantly reducing the time required to process security light malfunction reports.

At the 2019 National Design Team Performance Sharing Conference, Jongno-gu received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award for the project "Mining Shining Jobs from Sparkling Jewels."

Jongno-gu conducted field surveys and in-depth interviews to identify problems in the Jongno Jewelry Special Zone located around Jongno 3-ga and to derive tourism revitalization plans reflecting regional characteristics.

Furthermore, Jongno-gu achieved outstanding results by winning and being selected for 126 awards in various evaluations and contests, including 15 joint cooperation projects between Seoul city and districts.

The joint cooperation projects between the city and districts include ▲activation of sharing through public-private cooperation ▲creating a safe city ▲promoting healthy Seoul through active sports ▲developing Seoul-style environment and energy policies (energy sector, recycling and cleanliness sector) ▲and building a happy cultural citizen city Seoul, among 15 projects, all of which were awarded to Jongno-gu for excellent performance.

In various unit project evaluations by Seoul city, Jongno-gu received high praise for ▲being selected as the best case in urban agriculture in 2019 ▲best case in civil service improvement in 2019 ▲and excellence in disaster response safety Korea training in 2019.

In the private sector, Jongno-gu won the '2019 Korea Autonomous Development Award' and ranked first among 25 autonomous districts in Seoul in the '2019 Service Quality Index (KS-SQI)' survey conducted by the Korea Standards Association, revealing the highest resident satisfaction with administrative services.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong said, "I am very pleased that the small and large efforts for residents' happy lives have been recognized externally," adding, "The outstanding achievements in various fields are thanks to the dedicated efforts of our staff and the unwavering support of our residents. We will not be complacent but will work tirelessly to implement administration that is more loved and trusted by residents."

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