Gwangyang City to Hold 'Citizen Idea Contest' in the Second Half of This Year

Applications Open Until the 13th of Next Month, Bring New Ideas to Energize Gwangyang!

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City announced that it will conduct the "Second Half of This Year Citizen Idea Contest" to incorporate citizens' creative and innovative policy ideas into city administration.

The contest theme focuses on revitalization ideas in various fields reflecting social and economic changes in the New Normal era, including ▲ measures to revitalize the local economy and tourism stagnated by COVID-19 ▲ securing future growth engines and responding to the Korean New Deal in line with new changes in the post-COVID era ▲ creative and innovative ideas that will bring change and vitality to all areas of city administration, such as citizen communication and administrative service improvements in the non-face-to-face era, which will be actively reflected in city administration.

The contest period is until the 13th of next month, and any citizen interested in city administration can apply through the city website, the National Petition System, or the responsible person's email.

Submitted ideas will be reviewed by the relevant departments and deliberated by the Proposal Review Committee to select excellent ideas. Prize money will be awarded as follows: Grand Prize 700,000 KRW (1 person), Excellence Prize 500,000 KRW (2 persons), Encouragement Prize 300,000 KRW (3 persons), and Effort Prize 100,000 KRW (5 persons).

Bang Ki-tae, Director of the Planning and Budget Office, said, "We will actively reflect creative policy ideas in various fields that keep pace with the rapid changes after COVID-19 into city administration and revitalize the local economy and city administration," and asked for much interest and participation.

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