Gapyeong County Selected as Top Winner in Next Gyeonggi Creative Audition

Gyeonggi Province has announced the winning cities and counties from the "Next Gyeonggi Creative Audition" (policy promotion reserve fund contest) held with 40 billion won in policy promotion reserve funds at stake.

At the final competition held on the afternoon of the 29th at the Gyeonggi Human Resources Development Institute, Gapyeong County's "Gapyeong Music Village" was selected for the Grand Prize (Good Morning Award), receiving 10 billion won in policy funds, which is 100% of the originally applied amount.

For the Gold Prize (Next Award), Siheung City's "Gyeonggi Western Convergence Support Center Construction" project and Bucheon City's "Job Creation Through Global Content Project for Webtoons" project were selected, respectively receiving 8.2 billion won and 3.3 billion won from Siheung and Bucheon, which represent 83% of their applied project budgets.

For the Silver Prize (Creative Award), which awards 75% of the applied project budget, Ansan City will receive 1.9 billion won and Pocheon City will receive 6.7 billion won. Additionally, Paju City and Yangpyeong County won the Bronze Prize (Innovation Award) and will receive 6.7 billion won and 3.2 billion won respectively, representing 66% of their applied project budgets.

This event was held for the first time this year as an innovation in how policy promotion reserve funds are executed to enhance budget efficiency and to concentrate budgets on the most urgent regional issues through communication with cities and counties.