The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 23rd it will hold the "National Land and Transport Public Idea Contest" to identify ideas closely tied to people's daily lives in the land and transport sector and to push regulatory improvements that the public can feel.
The contest was prepared to respond to broad changes across the land and transport sector, including diversified housing types, the spread of new modes of transportation, changes in urban logistics environments, and the expansion of services based on digital technology.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to incorporate into policy the policy proposals and regulatory improvement plans across the land and transport sector that the public submits based on their daily-life experiences.
The submission period runs for five weeks from this day through the 26th of next month. Eligible participants are divided into the corporations institutional sector and the general institutional sector. The corporations institutional sector is for participation by corporations, while the general institutional sector is open to any member of the public, either individually or as a team.
Prizes will be awarded in the corporations institutional sector and the general institutional sector, selecting one team each for first, second and third place in each sector, for a total of six teams.
The first-place winner will receive a prize worth 2 million won and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award, the second-place winner will receive a prize worth 1 million won, and the third-place winner will receive a prize worth 500,000 won. In addition, to boost participation, an event will offer coffee gift certificates worth 30,000 won through a drawing among applicants who submit during the first three weeks of the application period.
The judging will comprehensively evaluate creativity, public benefit and ripple effects, feasibility and more, with plans to announce the final winners in the first half.
Following this contest, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is also planning follow-up programs such as workshops or policy hackathons centered on the winning teams. For outstanding proposals with commercialization potential, it also plans to consider providing opportunities to participate in demonstrations by linking them to regulatory exceptions in the land and transport sector, such as the smart city and mobility regulatory sandboxes.
Yoon Seong-eop, Director for Regulatory Reform and Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), said, "This contest enables the public to directly propose the policies they find truly necessary in their daily lives and is part of efforts to establish participatory policymaking that connects these to system improvements," adding, "We will actively review ways for the excellent ideas identified through this contest to be realized through policy discussions and exchanges with industry on the ground."