Gwangju Seo-gu Holds 'Village Community Contest Project Briefing Session'

Published 06 Feb.2024 15:24(KST)

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) announced on the 6th that it held a briefing session for the Village Community Contest Project with the vision of "Building a Warm Seo-gu Village Ecosystem" at the Deulbul Hall of Seo-gu Office.

Seogu held a village community contest project briefing session on the 6th at Deulbul Hall in Seogu Office. <br>[Photo by Seogu]

Seogu held a village community contest project briefing session on the 6th at Deulbul Hall in Seogu Office.
[Photo by Seogu]

On this day, the briefing session conveyed new and changed details of the resident-led village community contest project, and was conducted through education on eligibility and application procedures for each contest project field, understanding social economy, and the connection between village communities and social economy.

This year, Seo-gu organized the village community contest project into four categories: ▲ Village Community (Free) ▲ Apartment Community (Free) ▲ Planned Contest (Cooperative Projects, Climate Crisis Response, Seoroieum Living Lab, Communication Room) ▲ Specialization (Promotion of Sharing, Women and Family Friendly), and plans to support each meeting or group with amounts ranging from 2 million to a maximum of 10 million KRW.

In particular, to promote sustainable village community projects, Seo-gu will implement ▲ detailed support criteria for each village meeting or group ▲ limit duplicate selections to twice to lower entry barriers for new groups ▲ award additional points for projects closely related to daily life and village agenda projects when selecting projects ▲ establish an objective evaluation system along with subsidy support ▲ provide customized education linked to lifelong learning through the "The Biggest University in the World" program to strengthen village activists' capabilities, operate a help desk for the local subsidy management system (Botaem-e), and hold performance sharing meetings.

Anyone who is a resident of Seo-gu or a resident group of five or more people with a living area such as a workplace or school can apply for the contest. Applications can be submitted from the 26th of this month to the 8th of next month through the Seo-gu Village Community Support Center website or the Seo-gu Office Resident Autonomy Division.

Jo Jinok, head of the Resident Autonomy Division, said, "We will continue to actively support the creation of a warm village ecosystem where residents themselves discover, propose, and solve local issues."