Gyeonggi Province's Disaster Basic Income Wins Top Award at Excellence in Administration and Policy Cases Awards

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it won the top award in the metropolitan local government category at the '2020 First Half Excellence in Administration and Policy Cases Awards' jointly hosted by the Korean Public Policy Evaluation Association and the Korean Governance Association with its case on 'Gyeonggi Province's Disaster Basic Income: The Core of Economic Quarantine Against COVID-19.'

The province also won an encouragement award for its 'Elementary Student Dental Home Care Program in Gyeonggi Province,' capturing two awards.

The 'Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income' that won the top award received high evaluation for boldly implementing a policy idea to provide all residents 100,000 won in basic income during the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and demonstrating outstanding results, as well as Gyeonggi Province's proactive response being expanded to other local governments and the central government's disaster relief funds.

The 'Elementary Student Dental Home Care Program in Gyeonggi Province' was recognized for providing universal health services to all fourth-grade elementary school students in the province regardless of income to prevent oral diseases such as tooth decay during childhood, which determines lifelong dental health.

Choi Won-yong, head of the Planning and Coordination Office of Gyeonggi Province, said, "The fact that Gyeonggi Province's policy cases won both the top award and encouragement award at this excellence in administration and policy cases awards is evidence that new policies being pursued by the Gyeonggi Province administration in the seventh civilian government are being highly evaluated not only in terms of resident satisfaction but also academically. Going forward, we will actively discover and implement policies that can improve residents' quality of life."

Meanwhile, the awards ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on the 13th at the Seoul Metropolitan Council Members' Hall. Gyeonggi Province plans to present a case study on Gyeonggi Province's Disaster Basic Income at the event.