Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang City Wins Governance Local Politics Award for Second Consecutive Year

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang City has received the honor of winning the 'Governance Local Politics Award' for the second consecutive year.

On the 24th, Mayor Kim received an excellence award in the resident living convenience enhancement category at the '2020 Governance Local Politics Award' held in the main conference room of the National Assembly Members Hall in Seoul.

Following last year's grand prize in the administrative innovation category, this year he won the excellence award in the resident living convenience enhancement category, marking his second consecutive win.

The Governance Local Politics Award open call, hosted by the Governance Center, seeks to discover excellent local autonomy and decentralization activities utilizing the governance paradigm and select regional leaders who have contributed to the development of local government.

This year, in five categories evaluated under the themes of resident living convenience enhancement, administrative efficiency improvement, strengthening local autonomy and decentralization, expanding community capacity, and pioneering the future, 27 local government heads and 32 local lawmakers were selected as award recipients.

Mayor Kim received high praise for his 'Owon Resident Care House,' which established a welfare-linked system through cooperation between private and public sectors, for its customized community case management and realization of resident-led community care.

Mayor Kim stated, "It is necessary to activate community care within local communities so that vulnerable populations can coexist with their neighbors and enjoy healthy and happy lives," and added, "I will continue to make greater efforts to discover and implement policies tailored to administrative needs through continuous communication with residents."