Park Kyum-su, Gangbuk-gu Mayor, and Lee Seung-ro, Seongbuk-gu Mayor, among 2021 Local Autonomy Development Award Winners

Group photo of the 2020 Korea Local Autonomy Development Award winners

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The Korea Institute for Local Autonomy Development (President Kim An-je, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University) will hold the '2021 Korea Local Autonomy Development Awards' ceremony at 2 p.m. on October 5th at the Baekbeom Kim Gu Memorial Hall Convention Hall to encourage central and local governments, public officials, and others who have contributed to the development of local autonomy on the 25th anniversary of the implementation of local autonomy.

The Korea Institute for Local Autonomy Development aims to play a foundational role in the development of local autonomy by awarding members of the National Assembly, local governments, education offices, local council members, social organizations, and public officials who have demonstrated exemplary achievements in regional innovation and development through the utilization of unique local resources or creative administration for regional development.

After announcing the application guidelines in April, applications were accepted until July 12 in five categories: national government sector (members of the National Assembly), metropolitan sector (metropolitan local government heads, superintendents of education, and metropolitan council members), basic sector (basic local government heads and basic council members), public officials sector (central, local, and education public officials), and social organizations sector. Following a rigorous review by a panel of four judges, including Chairperson Ha Hye-su (Professor at Kyungpook National University and former President of the Korea Institute of Local Administration), a total of 37 recipients were selected as winners of the 2021 Korea Local Autonomy Development Awards: 4 in the national government sector, 9 in the metropolitan sector (1 superintendent of education, 8 metropolitan council members), 20 in the basic sector (10 basic local government heads, 10 basic council members), 2 in the public officials sector, and 1 in the social organizations sector.

On the day, recipients in the national government sector include National Assembly members Park Jeong, Lee Chae-ik, Lee Heon-seung, and Hong Jeong-min; in the metropolitan sector, Superintendent of Education Lim Jong-sik of Gyeongbuk Province; and in the basic local government heads category, Park Gyeom-su, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, Seoul; Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu; and Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, among others.

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