Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Selected as Excellent Institution for Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Productivity Award'

‘Power + Communication Big Data Utilization: Single-Person Household Well-Being Check Service’

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Samho) has been honored as an excellent institution in the Productivity Award hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

On the 5th, Gwangsan-gu announced that it was selected as an excellent case institution in the "10th Local Government Productivity Award" for the "Single-Person Household Welfare Check Service Project Using Power + Telecommunications Big Data."

The project of Gwangsan-gu, selected as an excellent case in the "People-Centered Inclusive Society" category, integrates and analyzes big data from Korea Electric Power Corporation and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. using artificial intelligence (AI) from Naver Business Platform Co., Ltd., applying it in the welfare sector.

When abnormal signs occur in socially cared-for households, such as a sharp decrease in power and telecommunications usage, the system notifies the social welfare officer at the local administrative welfare center of the dong where the household is located via mobile or PC, enabling a prompt welfare check.

This system is the nation's first public-private cooperative project designed to prevent suicide and solitary death due to the increase in single-person households, and it is evaluated as having established a new social safety net by utilizing big data.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's local government productivity award, which started in 2011 and is now in its 10th edition, targets 226 basic local governments including cities, counties, and districts nationwide.

This year, 173 local governments applied, and 12 local governments were selected as excellent cases in the fields of "People-Centered Inclusive Society," "Environmental Safety," "Capable Citizen Community," and "Co-prosperity Economy."

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