Mapo-gu Awarded Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Commendation as an Excellent Institution for Public Works Opening

Recognized for Efforts in Opening Public Works and Promoting Unique Mapo Brand Fonts, Awarded Top Grade 'Government Commendation' Among Excellent Institutions, Ceremony Scheduled for the 27th

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) has been selected as an excellent institution in the category of basic local governments in the ‘2020 Public Works Open Excellence Awards,’ which involves central administrative agencies and metropolitan and basic local governments nationwide, and will receive a government award.

Hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture Information Service Agency to promote participation in policies for activating the use of public works and to discover various excellent related cases, Mapo-gu received the highest level government award (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism citation and prize money) in the excellent institution category.

The district was recognized as an institution that actively contributed to the activation of public works use by receiving uniformly good evaluations across all evaluation indicators, including systematic management of public works and efforts to participate in public works open policies.

In particular, it was acknowledged for providing convenience to residents by enabling easy opening of public works through the use of a simplified script applying Public Nuri on the district office homepage bulletin board, and for the institution head’s strong will and high interest in systematic management such as establishing guidelines for opening and managing public works.

Additionally, last year, the district received favorable evaluations for actively promoting and distributing the Mapo brand font free of charge by opening a Mapo font page on the district homepage to disseminate and activate the font developed with the support of talented and passionate young people.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “This selection as an excellent public works institution can be seen as a value achieved by the advanced awareness of copyright among Mapo residents,” and added, “We will continue to do our best so that our district can greatly contribute to the activation of public works use.”

Meanwhile, the ‘2020 Public Works Use Activation Awards Ceremony’ is scheduled to be held on the 27th at Dongja Art Hall in Yongsan-gu.

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