Wando-eup, Wando-gun, Awarded 'Excellence Prize' in Jeonnam Province On-site Administrative Evaluation

'Feel-Good Kind Donations' and 'Boiler Replacement Project for Vulnerable Groups' Receive Praise

Wando-eup is receiving praise as an administration that practices through the Hope 2022 Sharing Campaign. Photo by Wando-gun

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] On the 15th, Wando-eup, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it won the Excellence Award in the ‘Field Administration Excellent Eup/Myeon/Dong Selection Evaluation’ hosted by Jeollanam-do.

The ‘Field Administration Excellent Eup/Myeon/Dong Evaluation’ is a policy project of Jeollanam-do promoted since 2016 to advance the happiness of residents by resolving administrative blind spots and discovering excellent cases in various fields such as cultural heritage, tourist facilities, and welfare.

Starting this year, the role of eup/myeon/dong was manualized to induce field-oriented administration and to share excellent cases among eup/myeon/dong, and the existing ‘Eup/Myeon/Dong Chief Field Administration Evaluation’ was renamed to ‘Field Administration Excellent Eup/Myeon/Dong Selection’ and promoted.

This evaluation targeted 297 eup/myeon/dong in Jeollanam-do, and after receiving one eup/myeon/dong recommendation per city/gun for evaluation in 10 fields and 15 items, the top 10 eup/myeon/dong were selected through the first document screening. The final selection was made after the second case presentation at Jeollanam-do Office on the 8th.

Wando-eup was honored to be selected for the Excellence Award with excellent results in all fields and received a prize of 10 million won. It received favorable evaluation for presenting the case of ‘Good Donation with a Good Feeling,’ which integrated the good donation movement with administration to promote a differentiated regional specialized project.

By actively carrying out resident life-oriented field administration, a new donation culture was created in connection with the Wando-gun Happiness Welfare Foundation, and last year, through about 40 million won of good donations, sharing was practiced for 1,127 vulnerable people, creating a paradigm shift in donation culture.

In particular, the ‘Old Boiler Replacement Project for Vulnerable Groups,’ which was promoted as a Wando-eup policy project without missing residents’ proposals, received high praise from the judges for reducing the economic burden of 10 vulnerable households and promoting a low-budget, high-efficiency welfare policy accompanied by product recycling.

120 kg of abalone donated by residents of Mangnam-ri, Wando-eup was provided as Lunar New Year food to 280 households through talent donation by the Wando-eup Residents’ Autonomy Committee, and the Wando-eup Saemaeul Women’s Association toured 54 senior centers with marketing for Farmers’ Day, providing garaetteok (rice cake). This discovery of various donation models combining cash, in-kind, and talent donations was actively realized as a resident participation administration creating a collaboration case between civil and public social organizations.

Kim Hee-su, head of Wando-eup, said, “Even amid the COVID-19 crisis, thanks to the unity of Wando-eup residents and local social organizations, we have achieved the development of Wando-eup and received such a good evaluation. We will continue to raise the dignity of Wando-eup through communication and harmonious servant administration and will carry out more on-the-ground administration to resolve administrative blind spots.”

Meanwhile, the county has won awards for three consecutive years: the Encouragement Award in 2019 for Gogeum-myeon, the Excellence Award in 2020 for Geumil-eup, and the Excellence Award in 2021 for Wando-eup, spreading and sharing Wando-gun’s life-oriented field administration as an excellent case among eup/myeon/dong in Jeollanam-do.

Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil ckp6737@asiae.co.kr

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