Gyeonggi Province Selects Suwon, Gwangmyeong, Anseong as Top-Performing Cities for 'Regional Welfare Public-Private Collaboration' in 2020

·· [Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] Suwon City, Gwangmyeong City, and Anseong City have been selected as top-performing municipalities in the 2020 evaluation of 31 cities and counties for 'Regional Welfare Public-Private Collaboration.'

The 'Excellent Regional Welfare Public-Private Collaboration Cities and Counties Evaluation' was conducted for the first time this year based on Gyeonggi Province's ordinance on support for discovering citizens in crisis, aimed at strengthening public-private cooperation within the region. The evaluation assesses the performance and exemplary cases of municipalities and community security councils and other local human safety networks collaborating to discover and support citizens in crisis through joint efforts. The objective is to encourage healthy competition among cities and counties and enhance policy efficiency.

Based on population size, three groups were established and quantitative evaluations were conducted on operational achievements in sharing, mutual support, discovery of welfare blind spots and welfare resources, and special projects. Cases shared through the 'COVID-19 Crisis Citizen Discovery Excellence Competition' were also reflected in qualitative evaluation items.

As a result of the evaluation, Suwon City won the 'Best Award' in Group A, which consists of the 10 most populous cities, surpassing Yongin (Excellent), Seongnam City, Ansan City, and Namyangju City (Encouragement).

In Group B, which includes 10 cities ranked 11th to 20th by population, Gwangmyeong City was selected as the 'Best' municipality, surpassing Paju City (Excellent), Yangju City, Osan City, and Gunpo City (Encouragement). In Group C, where 11 cities and counties with the smallest populations competed, Anseong City won the 'Best Award,' outperforming Yangpyeong County (Excellent), Guri City, and Pocheon City (Encouragement).

Suwon City, Gwangmyeong City, and Anseong City, selected as best municipalities, will each receive 15 million won in project subsidies. Cities and counties that received the Excellent and Encouragement awards will receive 10 million won and 5 million won in project subsidies, respectively.

The project subsidies distributed to 14 outstanding cities and counties will be used for ▲support for honorary social welfare officials' activities ▲activation support for community security councils ▲regional welfare public-private collaboration projects.

Lee Byeong-woo, Director of the Welfare Bureau at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Public-private cooperation to identify and support provincial residents facing difficulties due to COVID-19 has become increasingly important," and added, "I hope this serves as an opportunity for community security council members and honorary social welfare officials to strengthen their collaboration with cities and counties and conduct their activities with greater commitment."

Meanwhile, at the 'Community Security Council Capacity Enhancement Conference' held on November 30 prior to this evaluation, seven cities and counties' community security councils shared exemplary cases of supporting citizens in crisis in the COVID-19 situation through an online presentation.

The case of Gwangmyeong City's operation of the 'Gwangmyeong Pinset Discovery Team for identifying welfare blind spots in Gwangmyeong' won the grand prize and was reflected in this evaluation.