Hanam City Wins Ministry of the Interior and Safety Award for 'Outstanding Public Service Design Project'... Honored for Third Consecutive Year

Hanam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Hyunjae) was selected as an outstanding case at the 2025 Public Service Design Excellence Project Performance Sharing Conference hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award.

Hanam City has been selected as an outstanding case at the 2025 Public Service Design Excellence Project Performance Sharing Conference hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, receiving the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award. Provided by Hanam City

Hanam City has achieved the honor of winning the award once again this year with the "Solid Hanam Emotional Solidarity Project," following the "Gam-il Healthy Life Support Center Citizen Participation Program" in 2023 and the "Sinjang 1-dong Dementia Safe Village Policy Modeling" in 2024. This marks the city's achievement of being selected as an outstanding project for three consecutive years.

The public service design project is a citizen participation policy model in which administration, experts, and citizens work together to define problems in the field and design solutions. The goal is to plan policies centered on demand, thereby creating public services that real users can tangibly experience.

This year's outstanding project from Hanam City, the "Solid Hanam Emotional Solidarity Project," is notable for establishing an emotional support model for "fathers with disabilities and non-disabled siblings," who had previously been overlooked by disability family support policies. By directly reflecting the voices of these relatively marginalized members among families with developmental disabilities, the project designed a customized care ecosystem.

During the project, several initiatives were undertaken, including: ▲ the emotional healing program "Danhanam Totojeul," ▲ the training of parent mentors called "Guide Parents," and ▲ the "Danhanam Roundtable," which brought together the private sector, public sector, and academia.

In particular, the project incorporated the real experiences of service users through citizen interviews and workshops, and was recognized for both its field effectiveness and sustainability through partnerships such as donation collaborations with Starfield Hanam and cooperation with special schools.

Mayor Lee Hyunjae of Hanam City stated, "This project is a meaningful achievement created through the combined efforts of citizens, administration, and experts for families with disabilities who have been marginalized by policy," adding, "We will continue to do our best to build an inclusive community where no one is excluded and all citizens of Hanam can be happy."

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