Tongyeong City Wins Grand Prize in National Local Government Job Awards

Tongyeong City, Gyeongnam Province, received the Grand Prize in the Excellent Project category at the 2021 National Local Government Job Awards.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Tongyeong City in Gyeongnam announced on the 6th that it received the Grand Prize in the Excellent Project category of the '2021 National Local Government Job Awards.'

The evaluation for the Excellent Project category this time selected five Grand Prize winners and ten Excellence Award winners through a second evaluation of local governments recommended after the first provincial evaluation.

Tongyeong City received the Grand Prize along with Gyeongsangbuk-do, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Buk-gu of Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Jangsu-gun of Jeollabuk-do, earning an institutional commendation, a capacity-building project fund of 5 million KRW, and additional points when applying for next year's project competitions.

The Grand Prize-winning project, 'Regional Customized Social Economy Enterprise Development and Support Project,' is being carried out by the Gyeongnam Social Economy Support Center in cooperation with the Tongyeong branch of the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office.

This project is underway with the aim of creating growth engines for the stagnant local economy through fostering social economy enterprises linked to urban regeneration and the Saemangeum New Deal 300 projects.

A Tongyeong City official stated, "As a result of our efforts to create jobs and revitalize the social economy, we have achieved the great outcome of winning the Grand Prize in the Excellent Project category," adding, "We will continue to strive to improve citizens' quality of life through sustainable job creation and realization of social values."

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