Gyeongbuk Province Holds Nationwide Contest for 'Overcoming Low Birthrate' Ideas... 60 Winners to Receive 100,000 KRW Each

Gyeongbuk Province, which has declared war on low birth rates, has launched a nationwide policy contest to promote low birth rate policies that are felt on the ground.

On the 14th, Gyeongbuk Province announced that after analyzing the low birth rate policies implemented by the government and local governments so far, they concluded that the policies failed to achieve practical effects because they were promoted in directions that did not understand the field well and were not felt by the field. Therefore, before full-scale policy promotion, they are conducting a contest to hear voices from the field.

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office

The contest, held under the theme "What makes a future with children possible?", is open to all citizens and runs from the 15th to May 3rd.

The contest fields are broadly divided into low birth rate overcoming policy ideas and marriage and childbirth-related system improvement matters. First, in the low birth rate idea field, policy ideas desired in processes such as marriage, childbirth, care, housing, gender equality, and work-family balance are solicited. In the system improvement field, suggestions are received regarding disadvantages or inconveniences experienced by families raising children in areas such as taxation, housing, and finance related to marriage and childbirth.

Anyone in the nation can participate in this contest, and submissions can be made online through the announcement on the Gyeongbuk Province website (email) or via the poster QR code.

Proposed ideas will be judged based on originality, feasibility, effectiveness, and effort, and about 60 excellent proposals will be awarded 100,000 KRW each. Additionally, around 200 participants will be given cultural gift certificates through a lottery among all participants.

Detailed information can be found on the Gyeongsangbuk-do website, and the selection results will be announced on May 21-22 through the Gyeongsangbuk-do website and notified individually.

Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, said, “The war on low birth rates requires policies that are felt on the ground. We ask for the interest and participation of all citizens to create living policies that the public can empathize with and to alleviate inconveniences in all areas such as marriage, childbirth, and childcare.”

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