Gwangju Buk-gu Wins 'Grand Prize' at Manifesto Best Practice Competition

On the 30th, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it won the 'Grand Prize' at the 2023 Manifesto Best Practice Competition co-hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters and the Jeonnam Research Institute.

The Manifesto Best Practice Competition is an event aimed at discovering, sharing, and spreading excellent pledges and policy cases of local governments nationwide. This year, under the theme "Transition for a Better Future," it was held at Suncheon National University from the 26th to the 27th, with a total of 364 cases from basic local governments submitted.

In this competition, Buk-gu submitted the case titled "Youth Startups Leaping into Tomorrow (JOB for TOMORROW)" and was the only basic local government in the Honam region to receive the grand prize in the field of job creation and employment improvement.

Buk-gu’s youth startup case attracted the judges’ attention for harmonizing quantitative and qualitative elements in establishing a policy foundation, including securing project momentum through the establishment of a dedicated youth organization, efficient operation of the youth center, and reflecting diverse opinions of young people.

In particular, it received high praise for contributing to creating a vibrant city where youth stay by building a youth startup cultural belt linked with public rental housing, Gwangju Station, Chonnam National University, Bonchon Advanced Industrial Complex, and the Biennale, centered around the Happy Harmony Center, which was developed as part of the university town-type urban regeneration New Deal project.

A Buk-gu official said, "We are very pleased to have been recognized as an excellent local government without missing a single award in the four Manifesto Best Practice Competitions held during the 7th and 8th terms of the elected administration," adding, "Youth policy is one of the key projects of the district administration, and we will continue to listen more closely to the voices of young people in the field and develop Buk-gu into a youth-friendly city that attracts nationwide attention."

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