Gwangyang-si Launches Public Contest for Environmental Conservation Fund Subsidy Projects

Environmental Conservation: Investigation, Research, Education, and Public Awareness Activities

Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced that it will hold a public contest for the 2024 Environmental Conservation Fund Support Project until the 29th of this month to support investigations, research, education, and promotional activities related to environmental conservation using the Environmental Conservation Fund established for local environmental improvement and preservation activities.

The support targets are nonprofit private environmental organizations and civic groups located in Gwangyang City.

[Photo by Gwangyang City]

The support projects include ▲ environmental education and promotional activities ▲ establishment of environmental conservation measures and investigation/research activities ▲ support for private environmental organizations ▲ local environmental improvement projects and other activities related to environmental conservation.

Applications can be submitted by visiting or mailing the Environmental Division of Gwangyang City Hall (33, Sicheong-ro, Gwangyang-si, 4th floor) with the required documents prepared, referring to the announcement section on the Gwangyang City website from the 13th to the 29th of this month.

This project has a scale of 40 million KRW, with up to 6 million KRW support per project. The amount of support and recipients will be finalized after review by the Environmental Conservation Measures Deliberation Committee, and the selection results will be individually notified to each organization in April.

Since 2020, the city has been promoting the Environmental Conservation Fund Support Project, supporting 25 organizations with approximately 138 million KRW so far. Through this project, it has promoted voluntary environmental conservation activities by private environmental and civic organizations, expanded citizen participation in the process of establishing and implementing environmental policies, and contributed to strengthening the local community’s capacity for environmental conservation.

Choi In-seok, head of the Environmental Policy Team, said, “Through this project, we will actively support raising awareness about the environment and revitalizing nonprofit public interest activities,” adding, “We will cooperate to discover high-quality projects through continuous communication with organizations.”

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