Gwangyang City to Hold 'Chamchamcham Idea' Contest Until the 3rd of Next Month

Expanding Opportunities for Citizen Participation in City Governance
"Outstanding Proposals to Be Actively Reflected in Policies"

Gwangyang City, Jeonnam, announced on the 13th that it will hold the '2025 Chamchamcham! Idea Contest' until the 3rd of next month.

'Chamchamcham' is an abbreviation for 'Creative Idea Proposal, The More You Participate, The Better Gwangyang Becomes.' The contest is designed to encourage citizens to actively propose ideas on city issues and to develop the city together by reflecting outstanding proposals in actual policies.

Gwangyang City will hold the '2025 ChamChamCham! Idea Contest' from the 13th to the 3rd of next month. Photo by Gwangyang City

There are five contest topics: ▲Measures to vitalize the operation of Gwangyang Fisheries Distribution Center ▲Measures to promote the use of Gwangyang Port Marine Park ▲Strategies to revitalize local commercial districts ▲Welfare policies for the middle-aged and elderly ▲Plans for providing smart administrative services using AI. Anyone, regardless of region, can participate. Proposals can be submitted through various online and offline channels such as the National Sinmungo, Naver Form, mail, email, and fax.

The submitted proposals will be reviewed by the relevant departments and evaluated by a judging committee, with results to be announced in May. The six evaluation criteria are ▲creativity ▲economic feasibility or efficiency ▲continuity ▲feasibility ▲scope of application ▲level of effort.

Outstanding proposers will receive a certificate and prize money: ▲Gold Prize (1 person, 1 million KRW) ▲Silver Prize (2 people, 500,000 KRW each) ▲Bronze Prize (3 people, 300,000 KRW each) ▲Encouragement Prize (5 people, 100,000 KRW each). In addition, 10 effort proposals will each receive 50,000 KRW.

Jung Yonggyun, Director of Planning and Budget, said, "We hope that fresh and innovative ideas will be discovered and developed into actual policies," adding, "We will continue to expand these opportunities for citizen participation so that citizens can take pride as partners contributing to regional development."