Gangseo-gu, Seoul Wins Grand Prize at Manifesto Best Practice Competition

Awarded Top Prize for Participation in 'Strengthening Publicness of Crisis Youth Protection System' Case in Income Gap Reduction Sector

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) announced that it was selected as the grand prize winner at the 2020 National Basic Local Government Heads Manifesto Best Practices Competition, co-hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters and the Gyeonggi Research Institute.

The Manifesto Best Practices Competition is held annually in years without local elections, bringing together excellent cases of promises and policies from mayors, county governors, and district heads to share solutions to regional problems and future alternatives.

This year’s competition was conducted in seven categories: ▲Job and employment improvement ▲Income gap resolution ▲Response to super-aging ▲Climate environment ▲Safety autonomy ▲Regional culture revitalization ▲Newsletters and broadcasting.

Out of 353 excellent cases submitted from 144 basic local governments nationwide, 172 cases selected through the first screening competed in the main competition.

The district participated in the income gap resolution category with the case of ‘Strengthening the Public Nature of the Crisis Youth Protection System’ and achieved the grand prize.

The ‘Strengthening the Public Nature of the Crisis Youth Protection System’ case is a variety of policy projects promoted by the district to complement the limitations of the existing Youth Special Support System.

The district achieved results by complementing and improving the limitations of the existing Youth Special Support System, such as simplifying the support procedures for crisis youth through operating emergency psychological trauma support for youth, leading the Gangseo-gu Youth Safety Net project, and creating a dense youth fence project, while strengthening collaboration with affiliated organizations such as police stations, probation offices, and education offices.

In particular, it attracted the attention of the evaluation team by quickly responding to crisis youth protection, such as enacting the first ordinance in Seoul related to psychological trauma of crisis youth and forming and operating an emergency psychological trauma support team for youth.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “This award is the result of efforts to fulfill promises to the residents and was possible thanks to the support of 600,000 Gangseo-gu residents,” adding, “I will do my best to ensure that all projects promised to the residents are carried out without any setbacks until the last day of my remaining term.”

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