Gwangju Seo-gu Achieves Top Prize at Manifesto Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) announced on the 10th that it won the Grand Prize in the Community Strengthening category at the 12th National Basic Local Government Manifesto Competition hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

Under the theme of "A New Future, a Bold Journey," this competition saw 376 cases submitted from 159 local governments, making it a more intense contest than ever before.

This year, the competition consisted of seven categories: anti-corruption and integrity & rights improvement, job creation and income imbalance mitigation, response to demographic changes, climate environment, electronic democracy enhancement, regional culture revitalization, and community strengthening.

In this competition, Seo-gu clearly demonstrated its achievements in resident autonomy during the 7th local government term under the theme "Residents as the Masters! Realizing Local Community Resident Autonomy!" in the community strengthening category.

Seo-gu has strived to realize direct democracy through differentiated policies for resident participation and building networks centered on village activists to enhance information exchange, mutual cooperation, and solidarity.

It also received positive evaluations for securing practical momentum for village changes through establishing a stable institutional foundation for strengthening residents' actual authority and encouraging participation and practice from various social groups.

Seo-gu was highly praised for presenting a future vision of an autonomous community full of autonomy and diversity by establishing a "Seo-gu-type Autonomous Community Strengthening Model" through an innovative platform to open the local-tact era with collaboration and convergence.

Seo Dae-seok, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, "This result is the fruit of the capabilities and efforts of residents through the Seo-gu-type autonomous community in Gwangju, where residents find and solve village problems themselves," and added, "We will continue to strive for Seo-gu as a local community where residents are the masters."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho sdhs6751@asiae.co.kr

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