"Gwangmyeong·Gunpo Incinerator Cooperation" Selected as Grand Prize in Gyeonggi Province "Proactive Administration Excellence Competition"

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that the 'Gwangmyeong·Gunpo Public Incinerator Cooperative Incineration Agreement' promoted by Gwangmyeong City and Gunpo City was selected as the grand prize winner at the '2026 Proactive Administration Excellence Competition' held at the Gyeonggi Arts Center on the 11th.

Gyeonggi Province conducted a public recruitment targeting 31 cities and counties and 187 public institutions, and selected 18 cases (8 cities and counties, 10 public institutions) from 58 received submissions (25 from cities and counties, 33 from public institutions) through preliminary screening. The final selected organizations were determined by combining the results of citizen opinion surveys and the final screening results. For this competition, the public opinion survey score was expanded from 10 points to 20 points to identify cases with high citizen recognition.

According to the final screening results, the Grand Prize went to Gwangmyeong·Gunpo Cities for the "Gwangmyeong·Gunpo Public Incinerator Cooperative Incineration Agreement." The Excellent Prize for cities and counties went to Suwon City's 'Korea's First! Postal Automated Linkage 'Integrated·Customized Electronic Notice,'' and the Excellent Prize for public institutions went to Yongin City Volunteer Center's 'Ready-Yong Disaster Response Platform Construction' and Yeoju Urban Development Corporation's 'Establishment of Customized Mobility Rights Protection System for Pregnant Women.'

Additionally, the Superior Prize recipients included Namyangju City, Icheon City, Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, Goyang Industry Promotion Foundation, Uijeongbu Urban Development Corporation, and Yeoncheon County Facilities Management Corporation. The Commendation Prize recipients included Goyang City, Hwaseong City, Yeoju City, Yangju City, Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Development Corporation, Pocheon Urban Development Corporation, and Yangju Urban Development Corporation.

Gwangmyeong·Gunpo Cities, which won the grand prize in the integrated cities, counties, and public institutions category, established Korea's first '1-to-1 mutual cross-incineration' cooperation network among local governments as concerns grew regarding waste disposal disruptions and increased private outsourcing costs due to the prohibition of direct landfill disposal of metropolitan waste and regular maintenance of incinerators.

The system was designed by sharing idle incinerator capacity and adjusting regular maintenance schedules differently so that when one incinerator stops operating, the other can be utilized. As a result, garbage crises were prevented in advance, and 333 million won in public budget required for private outsourcing was saved.

The 18 selected cities, counties, and public institutions from this competition will be awarded certificates of merit from the Provincial Governor, and these cases will be shared with other local governments and central government ministries through card news and social media (SNS) and promoted to citizens.

Furthermore, the award-winning cases from this competition have been granted the qualification to compete in the '2026 National Proactive Administration Excellence Competition' jointly hosted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Personnel Management, and the Office for Government Policy Coordination, where they will compete with excellent cases from national institutions.

Vice Governor Ju Hyung-chul stated, "To effectively respond to rapidly changing society, proactive administration based on creativity and expertise, departing from existing practices, is necessary," and added, "I will continue to provide full support so that field public servants and institutions can implement creative and proactive administration."