Haenam-gun Wins Excellence Award at Korea Local Autonomy Management Competition

Leap to Carbon Neutrality Hub, Creating Clean Haenam... Recognized for Achievements in Environmental Sector

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do received the Minister of Environment Award, an Excellence Award in the Environmental Management category at the 19th Korea Local Autonomy Management Competition.

The Korea Local Autonomy Management Competition, co-hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Times, has been held annually since 2004 to discover local governments that strive to improve residents' quality of life and administrative development through creative policy development and to widely share their cases.

According to the county on the 16th, Haenam was highly evaluated in the Environmental Management category with the theme "Haenam, the No. 1 Carbon Neutral Area, Clean Haenam."

They are taking a commemorative photo after receiving the Minister of Environment Award, an excellence award in the Environmental Management category at the Korea Local Government Management Competition.
[Photo by Haenam-gun]

The county has made realizing Haenam-type ESG a major goal of its administration by focusing on the resident-participatory resource circulation project "Ttangkkeut Hope" and expanding residents' awareness of carbon neutrality through campaigns such as the One-Time-Use Products Zero Government Office and One-Time-Use Products Zero Haenam.

In addition, Haenam is promoting policy participation through various contest selections for creating a carbon-neutral leading city responding to climate change, such as establishing a Carbon Neutral Edu Center, and by linking education and experience with carbon-neutral practice events during local festivals and events, as well as creating waste-zero Haenam 515 villages.

In particular, along with the introduction of a mobile base recycling collection center, the county is establishing itself as a leader in local government resource circulation by constructing the Eco Platform Center, a complex facility space for building a resource circulation system.

The award ceremony was held on the 16th at KINTEX in Goyang. Kim Chajin, Deputy County Governor, who attended the ceremony, said, "I believe this award is an external recognition of the achievements of environmental policies pursued together with the residents," and added, "We will continue to do our best to discover leading carbon-neutral and sustainable policies for local governments in the era of climate crisis."

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