Daegu City, 2nd Public Contest for Citizen Public Interest Activities 'Social Impact and Social Innovation Lab'

Applications Accepted from 25th to June 14th... Prioritizing Agenda for Overcoming COVID-19

On the afternoon of May 21, a student at Daegu Agricultural Meister High School, where a COVID-19 infection occurred, is packing up and going home.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 23rd that the Citizen Public Interest Activity Support Center will hold the 2nd round of public contests for 'Social Impact' and 'Social Innovation Lab' from the 25th to June 14.

In this contest, public interest activity models and experimental models with the theme of overcoming the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) are given priority for selection. The organizers explained that projects aimed at solving general social problems will not be completely excluded.

'Social Impact' is open to groups or gatherings of five or more people who voluntarily address challenges that local communities need to solve through public interest activities. In this contest, three teams with public interest activity models themed on overcoming COVID-19 will be selected and supported with 3 million KRW per team.

In the 'Social Innovation Lab' category, non-profit public interest activity organizations with an issued unique identification number can apply. Priority will also be given to organizations with experimental models themed on overcoming COVID-19. One team will be selected and supported with 10 million KRW.

The activity period for the selected organizations is six months, from June to November. The teams will share their activities through a signing ceremony, mid-term sharing sessions, and case sharing meetings.

Kim Young-ae, Director of the Citizen Happiness Education Bureau of Daegu City, said, "We hope this project will be successfully promoted as a citizen-led public interest activity in connection with Daegu City's current '7 Basic Life Rules' civic movement to overcome COVID-19, and that there will be much interest and participation."

Meanwhile, from 2016 to 2019, a total of 34 teams participated in 'Social Impact,' conducting public interest activity projects on various themes such as environment, youth, human rights, culture, and welfare. The 'Social Innovation Lab,' using the 'Living Lab' method, has had a total of nine teams participate so far, contributing to solving everyday problems such as promoting bicycle commuting culture, providing information on convenience facilities for the disabled, and creating fine dust maps.

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