Gwanak-gu Receives Minister of the Interior and Safety Award for Excellence at Digital Regional Innovation Performance Sharing Conference

Efforts to Implement Demand-Oriented Services through Operation of 'Smart Living Lab'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) was selected as an excellent case in the Gonggam e-Gadeuk category at the '2020 Digital Regional Innovation Performance Sharing Conference' hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award.

This performance sharing conference selected four excellent cases from 13 projects in three categories of the 2020 Digital Regional Innovation Activation Contest (reducing regional disparities, ensuring citizen safety, Gonggam e-Gadeuk, etc.) by evaluating resident participation, resident experience and problem-solving, and potential for expansion.

The district earned this honor by developing and establishing the 'Smart Caregiver Service for Integrated Disability Daycare Centers,' which prevents children from going missing during outdoor experiential activities at integrated disability daycare centers in the region.

The Smart Caregiver for Integrated Disability Daycare Centers is a smart city service that helps care for children by having them wear devices equipped with beacons (short-range wireless communication devices) that issue a pre-warning if the child moves beyond a certain distance from the teacher.

To enhance child safety and implement demand-customized services, the district operated a 'Smart Living Lab (Director Woo Yeonsu)' composed of daycare center directors and childcare teachers from the project's planning stage.

A Living Lab refers to a resident planning group activity meaning a 'living policy laboratory,' which was highly evaluated for participating in the overall development of the Smart Caregiver service project, including planning, providing opinions, and participating in tests.

Additionally, the policy promotion reflected voices from the field based on actual experiences of children nearly going missing and various work experiences, receiving great responses from childcare teachers and daycare center officials.

The district completed the first phase of development on the 14th and plans to operate the full service from March next year targeting 13 integrated disability daycare centers in the region after testing.

Mayor Park Junhee said, “This award is the result of efforts to solve regional problems using science and technology in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create a safe and smart smart city Gwanak by developing various smart services closely related to residents' lives.”

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