During the 7th Term of Mayor Heo Seong-gon, 63 Awards Received from External Organizations Last Year... 843 Million KRW Acquired

Heo Seong-gon, Mayor of Gimhae, Receives the 26th Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards ‘Top Executive Award’

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 6th that it secured financial incentives worth approximately 843 million KRW by winning awards in 63 categories in various external evaluations last year.

By institution, there were 32 cases from central government ministries, 17 from Gyeongnam Province, and 14 from external organizations. Major fields included 8 cases in administration and safety, 9 in health and welfare, 4 in environment, and 2 in agriculture, forestry, and livestock.

Key awards include ▲ Excellence Award for four consecutive years at the National Basic Local Government Manifesto Best Practice Competition ▲ First place in the province in the Government Joint Evaluation (joint evaluation of major city and county tasks) ▲ Excellence in the Resident Life Innovation Best Practice Evaluation and the Active Administration Best Practice Provincial Integrated Competition ▲ and the 2021 Korea Healthy City Grand Prize.

Notably, in the announcement of UNESCO's 2021 Creative Cities Network new member cities, Gimhae was selected as a specialized city for ‘Crafts and Folk Art,’ joining 49 new member cities worldwide. Additionally, it enhanced its status as an international city by receiving ‘UNICEF Child-Friendly City’ certification and winning the grand prize in the ‘2021 Local Internationalization Best Practice Contest.’

A city official said, “Despite many difficulties due to COVID-19, we achieved good results in various fields. We will continue to work harder this year to improve the happiness and quality of life of our 560,000 citizens.”

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