Gwangju Buk-gu Wins Excellence Award at Manifesto Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Moon In) announced on the 20th that it won the Excellence Award at the ‘2020 Manifesto Best Practice Competition’ hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

The Manifesto Competition was held to evaluate whether local government heads are fulfilling their promises to residents well and to discover excellent cases to spread nationwide.

Buk-gu was selected as an excellent local government for two consecutive years, winning the Grand Prize in the urban regeneration field last year and the Excellence Award in the safety autonomy field this year.

The case of ‘Democratic Pigeon Safe Village Buk-gu with Children,’ which won the Excellence Award this time, was evaluated as contributing to protecting children from safety accidents such as fires and traffic accidents and creating a safe city.

Last year, Buk-gu operated a children’s safety reporter group to reflect ideas in district administration and distributed safety capes marked with the ‘30’ speed limit of the children protection zone to about 2,800 first-grade elementary school students, making efforts to prevent safety and traffic accidents.

In particular, by promoting various safety policies that residents can feel, it won the Presidential Award for ‘2020 National Disaster Management.’

Moon In, Mayor of Buk-gu, said, “I am pleased to receive an award in the safety field, one of the core values of district administration,” and added, “We will continue to listen more carefully to the voices of 440,000 residents and develop Buk-gu into the central autonomous district of Gwangju through innovative administration that finds answers on site.”

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