Yongsan-gu Accepts Public Proposals with Prize Money up to 1 Million Won

Creative Ideas Submission for Overall Lunar New Year Tasks...Cash Prizes Worth 500,000 to 1,000,000 KRW Awarded by Innovation Grade

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seong Jang-hyun) is activating the citizen and public official proposal system to improve district administration and strengthen organizational capabilities.

The proposals should be creative ideas and policies related to overall district administration.

Proposals that are deemed difficult to apply based on common sense, simple suggestions, or those related to profit-making businesses and their promotion by specific individuals, organizations, or companies are not eligible.

Anyone interested in the development of the district can make a proposal. Proposals can be submitted by filling out the proposal form on the National E-People website or the district website under the Citizen Participation (Idea Bank) section.

Offline submissions are also possible. Reception desks are operated at the local community service centers. Proposals can also be sent to the Planning and Budget Department officer. Related forms are posted on the district website under Citizen Participation (Idea Bank Notices).

The district classifies the received proposals, and the relevant departments review whether to adopt them. At the end of the year, a proposal review committee selects outstanding proposals. Winners will receive prize money ranging from 500,000 to 1,000,000 KRW depending on the invention grade.

Last year, the district received 269 proposals from citizens and public officials and awarded 500,000 KRW each to eight outstanding proposers (including one public official).

The selected proposals included ▲ placing recommended book lists for seniors in public library reading rooms ▲ providing information on local childcare facilities ▲ promoting library book disinfection to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ▲ displaying a hotline for reporting poor construction work on construction site signboards, among others.

In addition to citizen and public official proposals, the district will strengthen benchmarking of excellent institutions. This month, execution teams will be formed by departments (dong), identifying benchmarking tasks and continuing field visits and investigations until August. Projects that can be implemented immediately will be introduced at once, and those requiring budget will be planned as new projects for next year.

Seong Jang-hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “The creative ideas of our citizens will transform Yongsan. Over 1,300 public officials will focus their capabilities on finding and implementing excellent policies.”

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