Gwangju City Selects 5 Outstanding Cases of 'Last Year's Life-Closely Related Policies'

‘A Nearby Digital World! Public Wi-Fi Takes First Place’
Mayor Bang Se-hwan: “We Will Steadily Promote 72 Policies This Year to Open a Better Tomorrow”

Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Bang Se-hwan) announced on the 5th that it awarded certificates of commendation to public officials who contributed to the achievement and dissemination of life-oriented policies at the City Hall Sueojangdae Hall on the 4th.

Gwangju City awarded certificates of commendation to public officials who contributed to the achievement and dissemination of community-based policy outcomes at the City Hall Su-eojangdae Hall on the 4th. Photo by Gyeonggi Gwangju City

Life-oriented policies are representative citizen-experienced policies newly implemented from 2023 under the 8th local government administration, aimed at improving systems or resolving on-site inconveniences from the citizens' perspective to provide practical help in citizens' daily lives.

The city selected the top 10 policies after two rounds of evaluations, including practical reviews and an evaluation committee, for 69 policies across 6 fields promoted in 2024. Among these, the 'Top 5 Excellent Policies' with the highest citizen preference were chosen through an online citizen vote held from February 4 to 12.

The excellent policies selected this time are △ A Nearby Digital World! Establishment of Public Wi-Fi △ Promotion of a Recycling Practice Project through Toy Adoption △ Operation of a 'Field-Centered Visiting Welfare Civil Service Office' for senior citizens at senior centers △ Expansion of Self-Payment Support for Maternal and Newborn Health Care △ Establishment of a Real-Time Waiting Status System in Civil Service Offices.

The policy ranked first, 'A Nearby Digital World! Establishment of Public Wi-Fi,' created free public Wi-Fi mainly in multi-use facilities, providing wireless internet service regardless of location and reducing citizens' communication expenses, receiving great response from people of all ages.

The second-ranked 'Recycling Practice Project through Toy Adoption' is a service that provides repaired toys and donated childcare products free of charge to families in need within the Childcare Comprehensive Support Center, alleviating the economic burden on childcare families.

The third place, 'Field-Centered Visiting Welfare Civil Service Office,' operates leisure programs related to health, nutrition, and exercise at senior centers, which serve as complex rest areas for the elderly in the era of 100-year lifespans, and enhances satisfaction with elderly welfare through visiting welfare counseling centers.

Additionally, the 'Expansion of Self-Payment Support for Maternal and Newborn Health Care,' which provides postnatal health care services and supports up to 90% of self-payment costs, greatly helps reduce the economic burden on childbirth families, and the 'Real-Time Waiting Status System in Civil Service Offices,' established to provide smooth civil service window services, ranked 4th and 5th respectively, being selected as policies preferred by citizens.

Mayor Bang Se-hwan stated, “Creative ideas from public officials become the driving force that brings administrative change and transforms citizens' lives,” and added, “In this year's Season 3, we will earnestly promote 72 policies that help citizens' daily lives and devote all our efforts to opening a better tomorrow.”

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