Jeongeup-si Selects 8 Award-Winning Works for Citizen Participation Policy Proposal Festival

Jeongeup City in Jeonbuk announced on the 6th that it has selected the award-winning works of the second half citizen participation policy proposal festival, which was promoted to realize city administration that communicates with citizens and actively collects fresh and creative ideas.

From July 27 to August 25, the city solicited creative and feasible policy proposals from Jeongeup citizens and public officials.

This contest was divided into a special theme for discovering ideas to revitalize local festivals and a general theme for policies to improve and implement around us that citizens can feel, receiving a total of 388 diverse proposals.

The city comprehensively evaluated creativity, feasibility, economy, practicality, and effectiveness to select eight final award-winning works (four from citizens and four from public officials) and held an award ceremony on the 6th during the Communication Day.

In the citizen category, “Jeongeup Pet Industry Professional Workforce Training” (Kim Minjae) won the Excellence Award, and the Encouragement Awards went to “Installation of electronic information boards at the city hall elevator entrance to prevent disorderly city promotion materials” (Choi Jin), “Replacing cluttered eup/myeon/dong administrative bulletin boards with highly visible smart administrative boards” (Kim Sunhee), and “Convenience improvements to activate the youth interview suit rental project” (Kim Hyunsu).

In the public official category, “Improvement of credit card payment method for large waste disposal fees” (Kim Sojung) won the Excellence Award, and the Encouragement Awards were given to “Establishment of a shared office at the main office for employees working at the second office or external agencies” (Hong Hyunsook), “Proposal of an ordinance to support self-payments for automobile insurance on official vehicles,” and “Introduction of a reservation system for the complex playground facility ‘Cheonsa Heroes’” (Lee Changhyun).

The citizen category Excellence Award-winning proposal, “Jeongeup Pet Industry Professional Workforce Training,” was evaluated as an idea that can contribute to spreading a mature pet culture amid the increasing population of pet owners.

The public official category Excellence Award-winning proposal, “Improvement of credit card payment method for large waste disposal fees,” was praised as an idea that citizens can feel through efficient and prompt civil service by simplifying procedures.

Mayor Lee Haksoo said, “We will continue to discover diverse and fresh ideas through policy proposal contests that involve and communicate with citizens, and strive to provide administrative services that citizens can feel.”

Jeongeup = Kim Jaegil, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

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