Gwangju City Announces Call for Proposals for Elderly Welfare Fund Support Projects Until the 18th

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it is accepting applications for the ‘2020 Senior Welfare Fund Support Project’ until the 18th.

The application targets include projects aimed at promoting senior welfare such as 1-3 generation integration, dissemination of leisure and cultural programs for the elderly, improvement of senior citizens' rights, and activation of social participation. The total support amount is 140 million KRW.

Eligible applicants are non-profit organizations or facilities/institutions under the Senior Welfare Act located in Gwangju with a track record of senior welfare promotion projects. Applications can be submitted by registered mail or in person to the Department of Aging Society Policy, referring to the announcement posted on the city hall website’s notices and announcements section (announcement dated the 9th).

Submitted projects will be evaluated based on the appropriateness of fund usage, project feasibility, project implementation capability, and recent project performance. Support recipients and amounts will be decided within a limit of 20 million KRW per organization.

The Senior Welfare Fund, established in 2001 with a total of 3 billion KRW, supports projects promoting senior welfare such as job creation for the elderly, dissemination of health and leisure programs, and support for vulnerable elderly groups. The fund annually calls for and selects executing organizations and has supported a total of 2.8 billion KRW to date.

Last year, for the first time since the fund’s inception, all 20 organizations that participated in the 2019 projects gathered in one place to present their project outcomes, receive expert consulting, suggest improvement directions, and share various proposals and information for the development of senior welfare, receiving favorable reviews from participating institutions.

Yang Geun-su, head of the Department of Aging Society Policy, said, “We will do our best to continuously discover and select diverse and creative projects to provide effective services to the elderly for their healthy later life.” He added, “We hope many organizations and institutions actively participate.”

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