Gwangju City Selected for 15 Outstanding Cases at the National Residents' Autonomy Expo

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 14th that out of 68 excellent cases nationwide in the ‘19th National Resident Autonomy Expo Excellent Case Contest,’ a total of 15 excellent cases were selected across all five fields: ▲Resident Autonomy ▲Regional Revitalization ▲Learning Community ▲Resident Organization Network ▲Institutional Policy.

In particular, seven neighborhoods in four of these fields received the grand prize.

First, the grand prize winners were ▲Seo-gu Chipyeong-dong and Gwangsan-gu Cheomdan 2-dong in the Resident Autonomy field, ▲Dong-gu Dongmyeong-dong, Jisan 2-dong, and Buk-gu Unam 1-dong in the Regional Revitalization field, ▲Buk-gu Yangsan-dong and Resident Organization in the Learning Community field, and ▲Seo-gu Nongsung 1-dong in the Network field, totaling seven neighborhoods.

The Autonomy and Decentralization Award went to ▲Gwangsan-gu Usan-dong in the Resident Autonomy field, ▲Buk-gu Maegok-dong in the Regional Revitalization field, and ▲Seo-gu in the Institutional Policy field, totaling three neighborhoods. The Excellence Award was given to ▲Seo-gu Hwajeong 3-dong, Pungam-dong, and Buk-gu Yongbong-dong in the Resident Autonomy field, ▲Seo-gu Hwajeong 1-dong in the Learning Community field, and ▲Buk-gu Munheung 2-dong in the Resident Organization Network field, totaling five neighborhoods.

This expo was co-hosted and organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization, and the Open Society Citizens’ Union. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, all processes from application submission to judging and exhibition were conducted online. Out of 309 cases submitted nationwide, 68 excellent cases were selected through the first document screening and the second interview screening.

Among them, Gwangju submitted 44 cases, and 15 were selected as excellent cases, achieving the highest number nationwide.

Kim Ji-hwan, head of the City Autonomy Administration Division, said, “Gwangju plans to continuously expand support for resident autonomy activation projects, such as the pilot neighborhood project for Gwangju-style resident autonomy associations, to strengthen residents’ autonomy capabilities and expand participation for grassroots resident autonomy.”

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