District wins 21 awards and lands 40 competitive grants through the third quarter of this year
Total project funding of 6.9 billion won secured to lay groundwork for key initiatives
Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu announced that it had achieved 61 external recognition outcomes through the third quarter of this year — winning awards from outside organizations and securing selections in competitive grant programs — and had secured a total of 6.9 billion won ($5.18 million) in project funding.
The district won 21 awards this year from external bodies including international organizations and central government ministries.
Among the highlights were the 2026 WHO Healthy City Award and the 2026 Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) Healthy City Award — both won exclusively among all autonomous districts nationwide — as well as the grand prize at the 16th Korea SNS Awards. The recognition demonstrated the district's international competitiveness in healthy-city policy and its capacity for resident-centered communication.
The third quarter was particularly strong in disaster safety. Eunpyeong-gu was named an outstanding institution in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's 2026 Disaster Management Evaluation, then took an excellence award at the Seoul Metropolitan Government's 2026 Seoul Disaster Medical Education and Training Competition, earning recognition for its disaster management and response capabilities.
The district also secured selections in 40 competitive grant programs run by central ministries and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, raising the full 6.9 billion won in project funding to finance its key initiatives.
Of that total, 1.3 billion won was secured through third-quarter grant programs and will go toward revitalizing traditional markets, creating resident-friendly gardens, and building and maintaining pedestrian-friendly roads.
"These results reflect our consistent efforts to innovate in expanding resident-centered administrative services and strengthening our disaster response systems," District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung said. "We will actively channel the secured funding into projects that residents can feel directly, to build a safer and more livable Eunpyeong."
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