Dongjak-gu 'Excellent Cases of Collaborative Governance' Contest

Public-Private Governance Contest for Dongjak-gu Residents Closes on the 25th... Contest Areas Include Public-Private Governance Practices, Communication and Cooperation Cases... Final Winners Announced on December 11

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) is holding the ‘2020 Dongjak Collaborative Governance Best Practices Contest’ until the 25th.

This contest was organized to increase the interest of residents and staff by sharing the process and successful cases of public-private collaborative governance projects, and to contribute to the spread of a sustainable collaborative governance culture.

The contest categories include ▲Public-private collaborative governance practice cases ▲Cases of problem-solving and new value creation through public-private collaboration ▲Cases overcoming difficulties in public-private collaborative projects through communication and cooperation ▲Other cases of establishing and revitalizing the foundation for collaborative governance.

The target participants are Dongjak-gu residents (including institutions and organizations) or staff who practice public-private collaborative governance, encompassing various resident participation models such as resident autonomy, village planning, social economy, innovative education, urban regeneration, and participatory budgeting, as well as Dongjak collaborative governance implementation projects.

Applications can be submitted by downloading the application form from the announcement section on the district website and sending it along with the best practice case to the person in charge via email (home1@dongjak.go.kr).

The first round of evaluation will be conducted by a judging panel composed of members of the Dongjak-gu Collaborative Governance Council, assessing entries based on five criteria: ▲collaborativeness ▲innovativeness ▲resident perception ▲effectiveness ▲publicness.

Selected award candidates will be individually notified on December 1, and the final winners will be decided through electronic voting held from December 2 to 8.

The top 10 winning entries will be announced at the ‘2020 Online Dongjak Collaborative Governance Performance Sharing Meeting’ held non-face-to-face on December 11.

The district will award certificates and a total prize of 4 million KRW to the winners. The outstanding contest entries will be published in the collaborative governance white paper and the Dongjak Collaborative Governance Best Practices Collection to serve as materials that help residents understand collaborative governance.

Meanwhile, last year’s ‘2019 Dongjak Collaborative Governance Best Practices Contest’ discovered and selected nine excellent collaborative governance cases, including ▲training Dongchimi cognitive activists and operating the Memory Strengthening Classroom program ▲creating the ‘Arch of Hope’ rainbow communication stairs project ▲and ‘The Way We Work: Collaboration’.

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Planning and Coordination Division of Dongjak-gu Office.

Kim Hyun-ho, head of the Planning and Coordination Division, said, “Public-private collaborative governance is a community solution where residents voluntarily participate in all processes including policy proposal, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation to solve local problems,” and added, “We hope this best practices contest provides an opportunity for any resident to easily practice ‘collaborative governance.’”

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