Seosan City Selected as Outstanding Local Government in Self-Sufficiency Sector... Wins Minister of Health and Welfare Award

Contribution to Promoting Self-Reliance and Welfare of Low-Income Citizens and Facilitating Exit from Benefits

Lee Wanseop, mayor of Seosan City, Chungnam, along with related officials, celebrated receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for being selected as an excellent local government in the field of self-sufficiency at the mayor's office in City Hall. /Seosan City

On the 3rd, Seosan City in Chungnam was selected as an 'Outstanding Local Government in the Field of Self-Sufficiency' at the 2024 Self-Sufficiency Project Expo hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

According to the city, this expo was held at COEX Magok in Seoul under the theme 'Beautiful Self-Sufficiency Projects, The Path of Happy Companionship,' and included awards for distinguished contributors and presentations of excellent self-sufficiency cases.

At the expo, Seosan City was the only local government in Chungcheongnam-do to receive the Minister of Health and Welfare Award as an outstanding local government in the field of self-sufficiency.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare annually evaluates local governments nationwide in four areas and twelve categories, including self-sufficiency work, asset formation support projects, revitalization of self-sufficiency funds (enterprises), and self-sufficiency project management, to select outstanding local governments.

To promote the graduation of self-sufficiency participants from welfare benefits, the city has continuously and proactively provided counseling to participants and collaborated with related organizations such as the Seosan City Self-Sufficiency Center and the Employment Welfare Plus Center.

In particular, the city was highly praised for its smooth operation of asset formation support projects, which helped low-income citizens become self-reliant and contributed to the improvement of citizens' welfare.

Mayor Lee Wanseop stated, "We will continue to strive to create conditions for self-reliance and enhance the capabilities of the working poor through self-sufficiency projects," and added, "We will further devote ourselves to promoting self-reliance and self-sufficiency support projects for low-income residents."