Namyangju City and Namyangju Urban Development Corporation Win Joint Awards at Gyeonggi Province 'Proactive Administration Competition'

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong] Namyangju City announced on the 30th that it achieved the honor of jointly winning awards with Namyangju Urban Development Corporation at the '2024 Gyeonggi Province Proactive Administration Excellence Cases Competition' held on the 28th at the Gyeonggi Institute for Human Resources Development, marking the first time within the province that a local government and its affiliated public institution have won together.

The city received an encouragement award for its case titled 'Building Administrative Services Based on Smart Address Information Facilities - Connecting the World with Warm Technology', while Namyangju Urban Development Corporation received an excellence award for its case titled 'A Special Winter Gift for Local Children! Operating a Temporary Sledding Slope Using Idle Land'.

Smart address information facilities provide location-based information by connecting QR codes and web apps to existing address information facilities, allowing for rapid sharing of locations during emergency disaster situations.

Additionally, the check function linked to smartphones enables resident-led autonomous patrols and connections to various administrative information, earning recognition for its achievement in creating a new form of administrative service platform that communicates with citizens.

Namyangju Urban Development Corporation operated a temporary sledding slope using idle land within Namyangju Sports Complex during January and February, allowing children to enjoy sledding in the heart of the city without having to travel to Gangwon Province and beyond. With 18,271 visitors during the short period and not a single safety incident, the project received high praise from citizens.

Meanwhile, the city plans to launch a 'Visiting Proactive Administration and Regulation Improvement Citizen Forum' starting next month, which will visit citizens directly to listen to and resolve inconveniences and grievances. By the end of this year, the city plans to hold the 'Namyangju City Proactive Administration Competition'.

Yang Ki-young, head of the City Council Legal Affairs Division, said, "I believe this award is the result of all civil servants working with one heart and one mind to provide citizen-focused and proactive administrative services," and added, "Namyangju City will do its best to achieve good results as Gyeonggi Province's representative at the pan-governmental proactive administration competition in November along with Namyangju Urban Development Corporation."