A Better Life - Your Ideas Can Be the Starting Point

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Last year, Jo Cho-chun, a grade-7 civil servant in Gunpo City, proposed an idea to Gyeonggi Province to address overcharging issues with tow trucks that he encountered while handling traffic direction work.
His proposal to make it mandatory for tow truck operators to complete a "rescue consent form" with accurate charges and fees won first place in the "New Gyeonggi Proposal Contest 2019" and advanced to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's "2019 Outstanding Central Proposal," earning him a presidential commendation silver medal.
Gyeonggi Province held a Gyeonggi Province Eliminating Corrupt Practices Discussion Forum centered on this topic and made efforts that culminated in November last year when the revised enforcement regulations of the Freight Automobile Transport Business Act mandating the completion of rescue consent forms were announced and are set to take effect.
Gyeonggi Province is now launching a public idea recruitment to reflect citizens' creative thinking in provincial policies in this way.

The province announced on April 1st that it will hold the "New Gyeonggi Proposal Contest 2020, Idea Competition" from April 1 to May 15 on the "Voice of Gyeonggi" website (https://vog.gg.go.kr) and in the "Proposal Contest" section of the National Petition and Complaints System.
The contest themes are as follows: ▲Ideas for eliminating corrupt practices in daily life ▲Ideas for revitalizing alley commercial districts ▲Ideas for utilizing and promoting unmanned aerial vehicles in the public sector ▲Ideas for promoting the use of personal mobility devices as transportation means, totaling four categories.
Corrupt practices in daily life refer to illegal acts or acts causing injustice, irrationality, insecurity, or inconvenience that harm residents' happiness and quality of life, requiring legal, institutional, or customary changes. Last year, resident opinions were received on improvements to real estate brokerage fees, improvements in the case of recycling side dishes in food delivery, and improvements to the process of issuing vehicle permits for people with disabilities.
Personal mobility devices refer to single-person transportation devices powered by electricity, such as electric kickboards and electric wheels.

Proposals must be creative and concretely feasible ideas, not generic or fundamental problem statements or simple opinions.
Anyone—residents of Gyeonggi Province or not (individuals or teams of up to 5 people)—can participate. The seven selected teams will receive provincial governor commendations and prize money totaling 14.1 million won, with first place receiving up to 5 million won.
Submitted proposals will be evaluated through document screening and preliminary screening by experts, followed by a final public judgment scheduled for late June to determine the winning entries. The public judgment will reflect opinions from an online survey (5%), audience evaluation panel (15%), and expert review panel (80%).

Sung Hyun-suk, Gyeonggi Province's Vision Strategy Director, said, "The 'New Gyeonggi Proposal Contest 2020, Idea Competition' is a communication venue where we discover and select new policies for Gyeonggi Province together with the public," and added, "We plan to actively reflect excellent proposals selected for adoption into policy and hope for the interest and participation of many people."

For more details, please refer to the announcement/notice section of Gyeonggi Province's website (www.gg.go.kr) or contact the Gyeonggi Province Government's Vision Strategy Proposal System Team (031-8008-2576).