Gwangju City Council Members Park Mijeong, Shin Sujeong, and Kim Nayun Receive Manifesto Promise Award

Gwangju Metropolitan City Council members Park Mijeong, Shin Sujeong, and Kim Nayun were selected as recipients in the Good Ordinance category of the ‘2023 Local Council Members Manifesto Promise Awards.’

According to the Gwangju Metropolitan City Council on the 21st, the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters awarded Park Mijeong the Grand Prize and Shin Sujeong and Kim Nayun Excellence Awards in the Good Ordinance category at the Yeongdeungpo Art Hall in Seoul on the same day.

From the left in the photo, Gwangju Metropolitan Council members Park Mi-jung, Shin Su-jeong, and Kim Na-yoon.

Councilor Park was highly praised for overcoming the limitations of the current fragmented welfare services, such as selective support only for specific recipients or the requirement for individuals to apply themselves, through the ‘Gwangju Metropolitan City Integrated Care Support Ordinance,’ which designed and implemented the nation’s first ‘Gwangju-style Integrated Care.’

Councilor Shin was recognized for institutionally stipulating practical victim protection procedures beyond merely punishing perpetrators of stalking crimes through the ‘Gwangju Metropolitan City Stalking Crime Prevention and Victim Protection and Support Ordinance,’ thereby guaranteeing the prevention of secondary damage institutionally for the first time nationwide.

Councilor Kim received praise for contributing to the protection of artists’ creative and expressive freedom as well as the enhancement of labor and welfare by enacting the nation’s first ‘Ordinance on the Status and Rights of Artists.’ In particular, her efforts were acknowledged for forming a public-private cooperation TF and operating it for over a year, incorporating diverse field opinions through meetings, forums, and on-site discussions.

Meanwhile, now in its 15th year, the ‘Local Council Members Manifesto Promise Awards’ are hosted annually by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters to strengthen the capabilities of local councils and build trust with residents. The awards are selected through a screening process after soliciting applications nationwide from local council members in the categories of pledge fulfillment and good ordinances.

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