Gwangyang-si Wins Dasan Safety Award for 3 Consecutive Years

Highest Evaluation in Safety Culture Movement and Disaster Prevention Projects by Sector

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang City announced on the 9th that it was selected as the Best Institution in the 2021 Dasan Safety Award evaluation hosted by Jeollanam-do, winning the Dasan Safety Award for three consecutive years.

The 'Dasan Safety Award' is an award introduced by Jeollanam-do to raise the safety practice will of residents and to spread a safety-oriented culture, given to individuals, groups, and cities/counties in various categories.

In the city/county category, the award-winning institutions are selected based on comprehensive evaluation results in disaster fields such as ▲safety culture movement achievements ▲participation in safety autonomy ▲disaster prevention project evaluations.

Gwangyang City was evaluated as '1st place' in both the safety culture movement and disaster prevention projects, which were the evaluation targets, and was selected as the recipient of the Safety Culture Award, receiving a commendation as an excellent institution and prize money of 100 million KRW.

In particular, the city received high scores by promoting diverse and differentiated safety culture movements in various fields to spread safety culture in citizens' daily lives as follows.

▲Visiting experiential safety education for children ▲Online performance of the Wise Children's Life Disaster Safety Musical ▲Safety education for the elderly (Namdo Safety School)

▲Operation of survival programs in disasters and promotion of safety experience education for all citizens throughout their life cycle and citywide safety movement ▲Establishment of a dense social safety net without blind spots through joint cooperation among civilians, government, and companies

The city invested 105.9 billion KRW in disaster prevention projects (including national and provincial funds) over seven years from 2015 to 2021, and achieved remarkable results in various disaster and safety evaluations, such as being selected as an 'Excellent Institution for five consecutive years' in the disaster prevention project implementation evaluation hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety through the establishment of safety infrastructure.

Jung Hyun-bok, Mayor of Gwangyang City, emphasized, "Safety is the foundation of a happy daily life," and said, "This achievement was made possible through the joint efforts of citizens, private and social organizations, related agencies, and public officials during difficult times such as COVID-19."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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