Nowon-gu Achieves 'Highest Grade (SA)' in Manifesto Pledge Implementation Evaluation

Nowon-gu Achieves Highest (SA) Grade in '2024 Nationwide Local Government Heads' Pledge Implementation and Information Disclosure Evaluation'... Pledge Completion Rate at 49.22%, Goal Achievement Rate at 95.31%, Pledge Execution Progressing Smoothly

Nowon-gu, Seoul (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) announced that it received the highest grade (SA) in the '2024 Evaluation of Pledge Fulfillment and Information Disclosure by Elected Heads of Basic Local Governments in the 8th Term' conducted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

The Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters evaluated the pledges of elected heads of basic local governments nationwide from February, assessing five areas: ▲pledge fulfillment completion ▲2023 goal achievement ▲resident communication ▲web communication ▲pledge consistency, and classified the results into six grades from SA to F.

Nowon-gu achieved a pledge fulfillment completion rate of 49.22% in this evaluation, surpassing the national average of 34.26% and the Seoul metropolitan district average of 45.41%. Furthermore, the goal achievement rate was also high at 95.31%, demonstrating faithful implementation of pledges made to residents.

Under the vision of "Nowon, a Cultural City to Look Forward to Tomorrow" for the 8th term, the district is promoting 128 pledge projects across six major areas: ▲a future city preparing for a 100-year leap ▲a faster and more convenient transportation city ▲a cultural city with pauses ▲a healing city adding rest to nature ▲an educational city fostering innovative talents ▲a warm health and welfare city with sharing.

Key projects include ▲support for detailed safety inspection costs for reconstruction ▲commencement of the GTX-C line ▲support for cultural living expenses for people in their 20s ▲creation of the Choan Mountain Healing Town ▲expansion of Nowon Lifelong Citizen University (7 universities) ▲establishment of a beauty salon exclusively for the disabled, which are cited as successful pledge projects.

Among these, the nationwide first project to establish a beauty salon exclusively for the disabled gained explosive popularity upon its opening, leading to the launch of a second branch, and has become a model case of disability-friendly policies, spreading through benchmarking by other local governments.

Additionally, support for detailed safety inspection costs for reconstruction is a meaningful achievement made possible through joint efforts of the district and residents, including a resident signature campaign with 70,000 participants, cooperation with the district mayors' council, and continuous communication with Seoul City and the Seoul Metropolitan Council to revise the relevant Seoul ordinance. After the ordinance and revised guidelines were issued in July 2023, on September 27, the district successfully provided the first-ever full interest-free loan support for safety inspection costs at Sangye Imkwang Apartment nationwide, offering practical assistance to reconstruction complexes.

A district official evaluated that the secret to the high pledge fulfillment rate was the active communication and collaboration efforts between the mayor, project departments, and residents, and stated that they will manage the projects to ensure continued good results.

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, said, "This evaluation result is the fruit of efforts to keep promises made to residents," and added, "During the remaining term, we will work even harder to create 'Nowon, a Cultural City to Look Forward to Tomorrow' based on the sincere execution of pledge projects promised to residents."

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