‘SeochoCoin’ Accumulation Areas and Usage Expanded Significantly

Seocho-gu Expands Blockchain-Based 'Good Points' Seocho Coin Accumulation and Usage from the 15th
Expanded from 6 to 14 Accumulation Categories for Easier Daily Earning
Usage Locations Increased to Include More District and Public Facilities Closely Related to Residents' Daily Lives
From 21 to 40 District and Public Facilities, Carbon Zero Shops Increased from 300 to 400, etc.

# Resident A of Seocho 3-dong, upon hearing the new news that donating toys also earns Seocho Coins, decided to donate unused toys at the ‘Seoripul Toy Repair Center.’ A plans to accumulate Seocho Coins through toy donations and use them to pay for courses at the community center’s autonomous hall. By organizing toys and paying course fees with Seocho Coins, it is truly a win-win situation.

Seocho-gu, Seoul (Mayor Jeon Seong-su) announced on the 15th that it will significantly expand the accumulation fields and usage areas of ‘Seocho Coin,’ a system for exchanging ‘good values.’

Seocho Coin, a good point system applying blockchain technology, will expand its scope to include accumulation fields and usage areas that residents can use more easily and conveniently in daily life, in addition to existing fields such as carbon neutrality practice, talent donation, and volunteering.

The accumulation fields will expand from the existing six areas?Carbon Zero Shop, Seocho Nubidan, talent donation, volunteering, etc.?to a total of 14 fields this year by adding eight new areas with high resident engagement, including ▲toy donation, baby product rental ▲participation in barter market activities ▲electronic civil petition form preparation and submission ▲blood donation participation.

First, to promote resource circulation and sharing culture, residents can accumulate one coin per case by donating toys to the Seocho-gu Childcare Support Center or participating in paid baby product rentals.

Also, through participation in the ‘Barter Market’ operated by community centers or district facilities, residents can practice carbon neutrality and accumulate one coin per item. Visitors using electronic civil petition forms at the district office’s OK Civil Service Center can also accumulate one coin per case when preparing and submitting licensing petitions.

Seocho Coins can now also be accumulated through blood donation. Participating in blood donation at blood donation centers or blood donation buses within the district earns 10 coins per donation. This is expected to help address the blood supply shortage caused by the decline in blood donors due to low birth rates and aging population.

Additionally, since September, residents can accumulate Seocho Coins by participating in the ‘Child Guardian Good Convenience Store’ program. By engaging in education and monitoring through the ‘Child Guardian Good Convenience Store,’ a permanent child abuse detection group, participants earn one coin per session and five coins per report of suspected child abuse cases, contributing to protecting socially vulnerable groups.

The usage areas of Seocho Coins will also be greatly expanded. In addition to the existing 21 community and district facilities, the number of facilities accepting Seocho Coins will increase to 40, including ▲payment for parking fees at directly operated public parking lots ▲performance and course fees at the Seochocultural Foundation’s Simsang Memorial Cultural Center ▲annual fees at the Seocho-gu Childcare Support Center ▲payment for public sports facility usage fees, enhancing the coin’s usability in daily life-oriented district facilities.

The district plans to enable Seocho Coin usage at all district facilities in the future and promote various activation measures, such as removing the age limit (previously 60 years) for volunteer accumulation.

Meanwhile, Seocho-gu’s Seocho Coin project received high domestic and international recognition, winning the Silver Award in the Carbon Reduction category at the Green Apple Awards, one of the world’s top four international environmental awards, last year. It also received the Grand Prize in the Smart Administration category at the ‘2023 Korea Local Government Administration Awards’ and the Grand Prize in the Local Government category at the ‘Korea Customer Satisfaction & Innovation Management Brand Awards.’

Jeon Seong-su, Mayor of Seocho-gu, said, “The good Seocho Coin is significant as a meaningful indicator of residents working together to solve social problems and spreading good values. Through continuous upgrades of Seocho Coin, we will do our best to ensure that residents feel pride and fulfillment and that positive influence circulates virtuous cycles within the local community.”

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