Seoul Gangseo-gu Awarded Grand Prize for Excellence in Administrative and Policy Cases of 2020

Received the Top Participant Award for the Case of 'Strengthening Publicness in the Protection System for At-Risk Youth'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) announced that it won the Grand Prize at the ‘2020 First Half Excellent Administration and Policy Case Presentation Contest’ hosted by the Korea Public Policy Evaluation Association and the Korean Governance Association.

The Korea Public Policy Evaluation Association and the Korean Governance Association have been collecting excellent administrative and policy cases from central government ministries, local governments, and public institutions every year since 2013, selecting outstanding cases through a judging committee composed of academics and field experts, and presenting them.

The district achieved the great success of winning the Grand Prize among a total of 21 excellent cases from basic local governments submitted to this contest with the case of ‘Strengthening the Publicness of the Crisis Youth Protection System.’

The case of ‘Strengthening the Publicness of the Crisis Youth Protection System’ is a variety of policy projects promoted by the district to complement the limitations of the existing special youth support system and to strengthen the publicness and accountability of local governments for crisis youth.

The district achieved results such as simplifying the support procedures for crisis youth by complementing and improving the limitations of the existing special youth support system through the operation of emergency psychological trauma support for youth, the Gangseo-gu Youth Safety Net pilot project, and the creation of a dense youth fence project, while strengthening cooperation with related agencies such as the police station, probation office, and education office.

In particular, it received favorable evaluations for its prompt measures to protect crisis youth, such as enacting the first ordinance in Seoul related to psychological trauma of crisis youth and forming and operating an emergency psychological trauma support team for youth.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “I believe this award is the result of efforts to create an environment where crisis youth can grow up safely,” and added, “We will continue to take the lead in promoting policies that change the lives of residents in various fields with a sense of responsibility as a public institution.”

This year, the district has been receiving good evaluations in various fields both domestically and internationally, including winning the Grand Prize at the Manifesto Excellent Case Contest, being selected as the Best Local Government in Financial Analysis 2020, being recognized as an Excellent District in the Government Joint Evaluation, and ranking first in Seoul’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth rate as of 2017.

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