Goyang-si Receives Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Proposal Activation Evaluation 2024

Efforts Recognized for Incorporating Citizens' Excellent Proposals into Policy

Goyang Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) announced on the 12th that it received the Prime Minister's Award at the ‘2024 Proposal Activation Excellence Institution Awards Ceremony’ held at the Government Sejong Complex on the 10th.

Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, is taking a commemorative photo with attendees after receiving the Prime Minister's Award at the '2024 Proposal Activation Excellence Institution Awards Ceremony' held at the Government Sejong Complex on the 10th. Provided by Goyang Special City

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety annually evaluates and awards central administrative agencies, metropolitan and basic local governments nationwide, and metropolitan and provincial offices of education based on their proposal system operation performance and outstanding cases.

This year, six excellent institutions nationwide were selected by evaluating factors such as improvement in proposal adoption and implementation rates, the number of matured proposals adopted, and outstanding performance cases resulting from the implementation of adopted proposals.

In this evaluation, Goyang Special City submitted six outstanding performance cases, including ▲ A comprehensive platform for Goyang City’s child care services that provides care information at a glance ▲ Integrated care projects for elderly health visit targets ▲ Demand-centered customized new senior job initiatives in Goyang.

The city was highly evaluated for reflecting excellent proposals that provide practical help to citizens and resonate with them into policies, ultimately being selected as the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award.

With this award, the city received the Prime Minister’s institutional commendation along with a prize of 5 million KRW.

Lee Seung-jae, Director of Planning and Policy, said, “This award is the result of all citizens who contributed brilliant ideas and the dedicated public officials who actively worked to reflect proposals into policies. We will continue to actively operate the proposal system to discover and incorporate excellent proposals into policies.”

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