Mapo-gu Awarded '2020 Outstanding Local Legislative Activity Institution' by the Ministry of Government Legislation

The Only Autonomous District in Seoul... Excellence in Local Legislation Recognized in Outstanding Ordinance Category... During the 7th Elected Term, Mapo-gu Expands Local Regulations for Resident Safety and Welfare... Shared Nationwide as a Local Legislation Model through National Law Information Center and Legislation Office Casebook

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) was the only autonomous district in Seoul selected in the 2020 Excellent Local Government Autonomous Legislation Activity Evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Government Legislation, receiving an institutional commendation.

Since 2018, the Ministry of Government Legislation has been selecting and awarding excellent local governments nationwide for their autonomous legislation activities to improve the quality of local ordinances and share and spread outstanding ordinances.

This year, a total of nine local governments were honored in the categories of Excellent Ordinances (4 places) and Timely Preparation of Mandatory Ordinances (5 places).

Mapo-gu received the commendation from the Minister of Government Legislation in the Excellent Ordinances category, recognizing the excellence of its autonomous legislation activities. Other awardees included Eumseong-gun in Chungbuk, Hwaseong-si in Gyeonggi, and Iksan-si in Jeonbuk.

When revising the Seoul Special City Mapo-gu Waste Management Ordinance this year, the district received consulting from the Ministry of Government Legislation and modified the content to align with the delegation purpose and scope of higher laws, clarifying detailed provisions, thereby being evaluated as a model of excellent autonomous legislation.

As a result, it will not only be marked as an excellent ordinance in the National Law Information Center but will also be included in the collection of excellent ordinance cases to be published by the Ministry of Government Legislation in 2021, widely shared as a reference autonomous legislation model for other local governments.

Mapo-gu has been consistently carrying out autonomous legislation activities to promptly realize the district’s vision and policies by actively revising existing regulations that cause inconvenience or burden to residents, thereby securing the reliability and stability of autonomous regulations.

In particular, since the launch of the 7th elected term, Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun has been revising related ordinances to promote projects such as residents’ safety insurance, installation support for evacuation and rescue facilities in fire-vulnerable houses, infant development support, and the Mapo Housing project, expanding the foundation of autonomous regulations for residents’ safety and welfare.

Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun said, “Autonomous legislation activities are based on policies decided through analysis of administrative and financial situations and various opinion collections. We will continue to discover policies that reflect our residents’ opinions and lives and improve the future, carrying out systematic autonomous legislation activities.”

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