Suwon City Selected as Top Local Government in Manifesto Competition for Consecutive Year

Suwon City was selected as the top local government for the second consecutive year at the '2012 National Basic Local Government Manifesto Best Practices Competition' hosted by the Korea Manifesto Implementation Headquarters.

The competition, held for the fifth time this year, was conducted over two days from June 27 to 28 at Changwon University in South Gyeongsang Province under the theme 'COME AND MEET NEXT Democracy 3.0.'

The competition received submissions from 92 basic local governments totaling 135 cases through a recruitment process from May 21 to 25. The evaluation committee selected 101 cases from 77 basic local governments, and then held a best practices competition with on-site presentation assessments to select the top local government.

The competition was held in four categories: cleanliness, jobs, manifesto activities, and promise fulfillment. Suwon City participated in the promise fulfillment category and was selected as the top local government.

Suwon City received the top award in the manifesto activities category last year, and with this year's award, the city has earned the honor of being evaluated as the top local government for two consecutive years.

The city explained that in the promise fulfillment category, under the theme 'Suwon City, a Human-Centered City Created Together with Citizens,' it received high evaluations for the operation of the Good Governance Committee, the operation of citizen jury systems and the 2030 Urban Master Plan citizen planning group, the promotion of village renaissance centered on residents as owners, and the resident participation budgeting system.