Seoul Gangseo-gu, Local Autonomy YouTube Video Contest

Easily Understand and Enjoy Decentralization Through Video...Open to All Citizens Until September 2, 7 Works to Be Selected and Awarded

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) announced that it will hold the ‘Local Autonomy YouTube Video Contest’ until September 2 to promote local autonomy together with residents.

This contest was prepared to form a consensus on local autonomy and increase residents’ interest and participation following the full enforcement of the complete revision of the Local Autonomy Act, which marks the beginning of the Local Autonomy 2.0 era this year.

The contest theme is ‘Local Autonomy H.E.Y for Everyone’s Happiness.’

In Local Autonomy H.E.Y, ‘H (Hear! Tell us)’ refers to the concept and necessity of local autonomy, introduction of policies and systems of local autonomy (such as residents’ ordinance proposals and residents’ autonomy system), ‘E (Eye! Show us)’ refers to excellent cases of local autonomy and residents’ autonomy, and ‘Y (Yell! Shout out)’ means our lives changing through local autonomy (blueprint).

Any citizen interested in local autonomy can participate, either individually or as a team. However, teams must consist of no more than five members.

Entries must be original creative videos in free format related to H.E.Y, within 5 minutes, and each individual (or team) can submit up to three works.

The submission period is until September 2. After uploading the video on a personal YouTube account, participants must submit the application form with the video URL and the consent form for collection and use of personal information through the ‘Gangseo-gu website (Nuri-jip) - Communication and Participation - Event Registration (Online Application).’

The district will comprehensively evaluate the submitted works through department screening and an expert judging panel based on thematic expression, creativity, promotional usability, and aesthetics, selecting seven works.

The award ceremony will be held at the end of October during the ‘Local Autonomy Day’ commemorative event. The grand prize winner (individual or team) will receive 1.5 million KRW, two excellence award winners will receive 600,000 KRW each, and four encouragement award winners will receive 200,000 KRW each, along with certificates.

The winning works will be posted on the district’s official blog, YouTube, and Facebook to be shared with residents and used as promotional videos for local autonomy-related education or events.

A district official said, “Although we have entered the Local Autonomy 2.0 era, local autonomy still feels difficult. We hope this contest will be an opportunity for residents to easily approach local autonomy,” and added, “We ask for residents’ great interest and participation in this contest for the development of local autonomy.”

For detailed inquiries, contact the Gangseo-gu Cooperation and Local Autonomy Division.

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