[Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Suwon City received 76 organizational commendations throughout 2019, nearly doubling from two years prior, according to tallies released on the 30th.
The city received 41 commendations in 2017, 66 in 2018, and a total of 76 this year, the city announced on the 30th.
The Suwon Hwaseong Culture Festival was selected as an outstanding festival in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's "2019 Cultural Tourism Festival" selection in January, followed by winning the top prize in the single city category at the "2019 Sustainable Transportation City Evaluation" and being selected as an excellent organization for job creation at the "2019 Republic of Korea Job Creation Award Commendation."
In June, the city was selected as the top institution in the "Basic Local Government Division" at the Ministry of Health and Welfare's "2019 Dream Start Project Performance Evaluation" and received a presidential citation. In December, it was selected as an excellent organization at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's "2019 Bicycle Utilization Promotion Policy Evaluation" and received a presidential award.
In February, Suwon Seonkyung Library won the grand prize in the organizational division at the Korean Library Association's "2019 Korean Library Award." In December, Buk-Suwon Library was selected as an excellent implementing organization for the "2019 Humanities Reading Academy" project and received the Culture Minister's Award (Grand Prize).
The city also achieved consecutive awards. It received an excellence award at the Ministry of Employment and Labor's "2019 National Local Government Job Awards" and achieved "five consecutive years of Ministry of Employment and Labor Commendations." At the Ministry of Employment and Labor's "2019 Regional Labor-Management-Government Cooperation Activation Evaluation," it won the top prize in the basic local government division, marking four consecutive years of awards.
The city was selected as the top organization at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's "2019 Public Transportation Policy Evaluation" and became the first basic local government to be selected as the top organization three consecutive times.
Suwon was also selected as the grand prize winner in the basic local government division at the Korean Social Content Promotion Association's "9th Korea SNS Awards," marking the fourth award since 2013.
The city also won the grand prize in the Kakao Talk division at the "5th SNS Awards of the Year," establishing itself as an "excellent local government in SNS utilization."
The city also garnered honors on the international stage. In February, it won the grand prize at the "2019 German iF Design Award," one of the world's three major design awards. The city submitted "the design citizen partnership citizen demand discovery promotion process using design thinking techniques," which was selected as the grand prize winner in the "public service design category."
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