Yongin City Wins 'Excellence Award' at Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Active Administration Competition

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 19th that its policy enabling people with disabilities to receive fueling assistance from attendants at self-service gas stations has been selected as an excellence case in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'First Half of 2021 Active Administration Competition' and has secured 30 million won in financial incentives.

The competition is held annually to spread active administration culture and to discover and promote government innovation and reform achievements.

This year, final selection of nine cases was made through preliminary rounds 1 and 2 and main competition judging involving experts and citizen judges.

The city submitted 'Star Oil self-service gas station for people with disabilities, brightening the world!' to enable people with disabilities to refuel at self-service gas stations without inconvenience.

Recognizing the difficulty for mobility-impaired people with disabilities to use self-service gas stations, the city implemented a system allowing people with disabilities to receive fueling service from attendants by pressing a call button at the self-service gas station.

To implement this, the city signed a memorandum of understanding with S-Oil Co., Ltd. in October of last year and launched a pilot service, which is currently being operated at 24 gas stations in the city.

A city official stated, "We are pleased that the policy, which originated from a small idea of consideration for the socially vulnerable, was selected as an active administration excellence case," adding "We will make efforts in developing policies that allow everyone to live conveniently without discrimination."

Meanwhile, the city also won an excellence award at the competition last year with a COVID-19 self-isolation monitoring system that was developed for the first time by a local government.