This Year’s Best Project in Gangseo-gu, Seoul?... ‘Gangseo-gu Youth Safety Net Leading Project’

Selected as the Best Award and a Total of 6 Projects in the '2020 Gangseo-gu Administrative Excellence Cases'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) selected the ‘Best Projects of Gangseo-gu in 2020,’ gathering the major projects diligently promoted throughout the year for the development of the district.

The newly launched ‘2020 Gangseo-gu Administrative Excellence Case Selection’ aimed to discover and share outstanding projects that actively implemented policies and contributed significantly to solving community issues, thereby spreading an innovative administrative culture.

Accordingly, the district evaluated a total of 36 excellent cases submitted by departments and neighborhoods based on five criteria: ▲Contribution to district development ▲Creativity (innovation) ▲Resident perception ▲Sustainability ▲Activation of collaboration, and finally selected six cases (1 grand prize, 2 excellence awards, 3 encouragement awards) as outstanding examples.

The grand prize, chosen as the best project of the year, was the ‘2020 Gangseo-gu Youth Safety Net Leading Project,’ which actively identified, supported, and managed at-risk youth centered on local governments and implemented various policies to protect local youth.

This project was recognized for establishing a detailed safety net for youth across various fields such as medical care, housing, learning, and counseling, earning the grand prize.

Additionally, the Youth Safety Net project won the grand prize at the ‘2020 Manifesto Excellence Case Competition’ and consecutively received top awards at various external contests, achieving a triple crown from external organizations and becoming a model for youth projects.

The excellence award ‘Seoul’s First COVID-19 Drive-through and Walk-in Screening Clinics Installation’ was a project where the district office and medical institutions cooperated to install drive-through and walk-in screening clinics at Seoul National University Hospital to alleviate residents’ anxiety through rapid testing.

It was highly evaluated as a preemptive response case to prevent infectious diseases during the early spread of COVID-19 in March.

The other excellence award, ‘Eliminating Hoarding Houses! Public-Private Cooperation Operation Plan,’ was praised as a good example of public-private cooperation, where neighborhood community centers, social welfare centers, and local residents formed the ‘Hoarding House Residential Environment Improvement Council’ and persuaded hoarding households to successfully improve the environment.

The encouragement awards, totaling three cases, included ‘Operating Online Governance Forums and Virtual Workshops’ and ‘Operating Online Youth Blossom Market,’ which sought online solutions to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, and ‘Producing the Yeomchang-dong History Booklet,’ completed through resident participation.

The district plans to actively utilize the various excellent cases selected this year to enhance residents’ convenience and will consider methods such as resident voting next year to gather diverse opinions for selecting excellent cases.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “Despite the unprecedented situation of COVID-19 spread this year, I thank all residents who participated in district administration to solve local problems,” and added, “Next year, we will do our utmost to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and actively discover and provide administrative services that satisfy residents.”

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