Jongno-gu Receives Minister of the Interior and Safety Award for Knowledge Excellence

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) has been awarded the 'Minister of the Interior and Safety Award' at the 9th Korea Knowledge Awards.

The Korea Knowledge Awards recognize outstanding central administrative agencies, local governments, public institutions, and private companies that practice innovation through the spread of administrative and management culture based on knowledge.

Jongno-gu, honored with its first award at this Knowledge Awards, was highly evaluated for its activities and achievements emphasizing detailed innovation focused on 'people' and the 'future.'

Jongno-gu has actively engaged in various knowledge activities for district development, including ▲accumulating internal knowledge through a knowledge-sharing platform ▲supporting creative learning clubs and operating a creative mileage system ▲operating a national design team reflecting the needs of policy consumers ▲public-private governance with residents ▲policy project contests ▲sharing best practices.

As a result, through collaboration with the private sector, Jongno-gu saved a budget of 58.6 billion KRW to create the 'Cheongjin Underground Passage' (Line 1 Jonggak Station ~ Line 5 Gwanghwamun Station), the 'Samcheong Park Forest Library' introduced by The New York Times as the essence of human-centered innovation, the 'Sanmaru Playground' created together by experts and children, and the 'Eco-friendly Sidewalk' established through job inventions, demonstrating the outcomes of knowledge activities throughout the district administration.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong expressed, "We will establish a more systematic knowledge discovery and accumulation system based on meticulousness that misses nothing, communication, and participation, making it a driving force for district development."

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