Haenam-gun Wins Awards in Two Categories at Manifesto Competition

Grand Prize in Regional Culture Revitalization, Excellence Award in Newsletter and Broadcasting Fields Achieved

Haenam-gun received the Grand Prize in the Regional Culture Revitalization category and the Excellence Award in the Newsletter and Broadcasting category at the Manifesto Best Practice Competition. (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) announced on the 11th that it received the Grand Prize in the Regional Culture Revitalization category and the Excellence Award in the Newsletter and Broadcasting category at the Manifesto Best Practices Competition.

The Manifesto Best Practices Competition, co-hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters and the Gyeonggi Research Institute, was established to discover and spread excellent cases of pledge fulfillment by heads of local governments nationwide and to seek new innovations in local administration.

This year's competition, themed "Innovative Dialogue for Future Society," received a total of 353 cases from 144 local governments nationwide across seven categories, with 172 cases selected in the first round.

The second round finals were conducted through online evaluation of video presentations by each local government to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Haenam-gun set a record for winning awards for two consecutive years, following last year's Excellence Award for the nationwide first case of farmers' allowance and regional economic revitalization through Haenam Love Gift Certificates.

Haenam-gun participated in the competition with "Pleasant Changes of Minam Haenam (美南海南)" featuring Haenam's unique cultural revitalization case in the Regional Culture Revitalization category, and with a theme introducing the 7th term civilian communication policies in the Newsletter and Broadcasting category.

The Grand Prize-winning Regional Culture Revitalization case, "Pleasant Changes of Minam Haenam (美南海南)," received high praise as an excellent case, including the Haenam Minam Festival centered on Haenam agricultural and marine products and food, the 365 Dalma Trail Walking Day, operation of the Ttangkkeut Pilgrimage Literature Museum, and collaboration on youth souvenirs.

In the evaluation, programs directly involving residents such as citizen capacity-building education, Mosiljang, and Dalma Market attracted particular attention.

Additionally, in the Newsletter and Broadcasting category, easy and fast provision of county administration information using SNS, and interactive communication policies involving residents such as the Ttangkkeut Magpie Video Team and "I am also an agricultural product show host" drew attention.

Myeong Hyun-gwan, Governor of Haenam-gun, said, "I am pleased to achieve results for two consecutive years in the nationwide local government competition, and above all, it is especially meaningful as it is an evaluation of the residents' pledge fulfillment. We will once again review the 7th term civilian pledges and do our best to successfully complete them."

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