Yoo Geun-gi, Gokseong County Governor, Receives 'Best CEO Award' at Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards

Recognition of Concrete Executive Leadership in Realizing the Vision of 'No.1 Resident Happiness Index'

Yoo Geun-gi, Gokseong County Governor

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 6th, Yoo Geun-gi, the governor of Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, was honored as the recipient of the CEO Award at the 25th Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards.

According to Gokseong-gun on the 6th, the CEO Award at the Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards is given to local heads who have been re-elected and have contributed to regional development and implemented resident-centered policies.

The Korea Public Autonomy Research Institute holds the event annually to spread the future-oriented vision and excellent management mindset of the awardees.

This year, at the 25th CEO Award, Yoo Geun-gi, governor of Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, received the award.

Governor Yoo Geun-gi has set the goal of “No. 1 in Resident Happiness Index” as the county administration goal and established six major policies and practical strategies for goal execution to implement a resident-experienced county administration.

The Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards evaluation was conducted in three stages.

After the first stage of official document evaluation, the second stage involved an interview evaluation by a professional judging committee, and the third stage was conducted as a satisfaction survey targeting residents by a research specialized institution.

Gokseong-gun not only received good scores in the first and second evaluations but also had higher resident policy satisfaction than any other region in the third evaluation, leading to receiving the CEO Award.

Looking at the major award achievements, which were evaluation factors, key strategic projects to realize Gokseong’s 100-year plan stood out.

Governor Yoo is promoting the development of specialized projects by region to revitalize the local economy and is strengthening rural education and humanities experiential education to realize a Gokseong where young people return.

He also received high evaluations for the six major county administration operation practices, including sustainable agricultural development through branding local agricultural products such as taro, melon, and Baeksemi rice, and implementing a dense welfare network policy covering all generations including children, women, and the elderly.

Governor Yoo Geun-gi stated, “We will continue to implement county administration that turns plans into results so that Gokseong-gun becomes a place where anyone wants to live.”

Meanwhile, Gokseong-gun has received the SA grade for two consecutive years in the pledge implementation evaluation hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters through solid pledge fulfillment and has won the grand prize three consecutive times at the Manifesto Best Practice Competition.

As a result, in the 2019 social survey, 96.1% of residents responded that they feel a sense of belonging and pride as local residents.

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