Jeonbuk Province Selected as an Excellent Local Government for Creating a Family-Friendly Workplace Environment

Three cities/counties selected: Best (Gimje-si), Excellent (Wanju-gun), and Grand Prize (Jangsu-gun)

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 30th that it has selected cases of family-friendly workplace environment creation through a contest to promote the spread of ‘Considerate Jeonbuk,’ a workplace culture good for having and raising children.

Gimje City was selected as the best local government, Wanju County as the excellent local government, and Jangsu County as the honorable local government.

The three selected cities and counties received high marks for planning projects involving participation from private institutions or companies.

Gimje City won the grand prize with the project ‘Gimje Child Smile Gadeuk, Dad Mom Happiness Gadeuk,’ targeting companies participating in the multi-child family support system. This project includes activities such as reading picture books and learning children’s songs with the whole family, barista and dessert experiences for couples, meal kit home parties*, and work-childcare balance education for employees raising children while working at companies.

Wanju County, which won the excellence award, proposed family-unit experience and healing programs, family-friendly camps, and Moms Package (support for pregnancy and childbirth-related items such as cream and cushions) targeting local institutions and companies.

Jangsu County, which submitted a plan to support postpartum care center costs (1 million won per person) for private company employees, received the encouragement award.

The three selected cities and counties will receive a total prize money of 42 million won as project funds.

In addition, Jeonbuk Province selected four excellent cases within the public service sector to encourage the promotion of ‘Considerate Jeonbuk.’

The excellent cases selected include original ideas such as △Celebration Day △Dark Office, Bright Home (9 to 6) △Family Love Day with Family △Family with Corona.

The province plans to evaluate the performance based on the selected excellent cases and provide incentives to outstanding departments at the end of the year.

Meanwhile, ‘Considerate Jeonbuk’ is a workplace culture improvement campaign implemented by Jeonbuk Province to overcome low birth rates, aiming to create a considerate workplace culture good for having and raising children and thus build a better Jeonbuk full of children.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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