Hamyang-gun Wins Excellence Award at National Basic Local Government Heads Manifesto Best Practice Competition

Selected for Regional Culture Revitalization: 'Fostering Youth Ensembles through the Korea Student Orchestra Festival'

Hamyang County Office building exterior view

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, received the Excellence Award in the "Regional Culture Revitalization" category at the 2021 National Basic Local Government Heads Manifesto Best Practice Competition for the case titled "Fostering Youth Performance Groups through the Korea Student Orchestra Festival."

The county was also selected as excellent in the "Responding to Super-Aging" category in 2020, achieving the distinction of winning awards for two consecutive years with this recent recognition.

Co-hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters and the Incheon Research Institute, this competition was held to share and spread policy cases of nationwide basic local governments during the 7th local government administration. The contest categories included seven fields: anti-corruption, integrity and rights improvement, job creation and income inequality mitigation, response to demographic changes, climate environment, electronic democracy enhancement, regional culture revitalization, and community strengthening.

A total of 376 cases were submitted from 159 basic local governments nationwide, and the best and excellent local governments were selected by category.

The county received high praise for establishing a foundation for nurturing world-class youth performance groups by planning and conducting nationwide orchestra competitions and festivals for performances, thereby developing local culture and arts and fostering the sentiments of the residents.

Seo Chun-soo, the mayor of Hamyang-gun, stated, "This result was achieved by fulfilling promises and policies through communication between the residents and the county," adding, "We will continue to do our best to faithfully implement the promises made to our residents."

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