Jeonnam Province Invests 2 Billion Won in 'Increasing Population' Project
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province has decided to invest a total of 2 billion KRW in population increase projects that utilize the characteristics of cities and counties to overcome the population decline caused by low birth rates, aging, and youth outflow.
According to Jeonnam Province on the 21st, a total of 16 projects were submitted through a city and county contest last month, and among them, 10 projects were finally selected through document and expert evaluations.
The province plans to remodel vacant houses and stores to support employment, start-ups, and education to prevent youth outflow and promote inflow, aiming to attract and settle 450 young people.
Major projects include Gangjin-gun implementing youth start-up and community support projects using idle spaces linked to urban regeneration projects, and Jindo-gun supporting start-ups such as youth fishermen’s restaurants involving both local and non-local youth, as well as promoting non-local youth to live in Jindo.
Gwangyang-si will operate an all-in-one youth employment support system and a youth free market community marketplace, while Wando-gun will engage in regionally specialized population projects such as creating community spaces for stable settlement of island newlywed women, providing employment and start-up education, and running childcare programs.
Yoon Yeonhwa, Jeonnam Province’s Population and Youth Policy Officer, said, “The population outflow problem in the Jeonnam region is serious. We will continuously discover and expand regionally specialized population projects that utilize local characteristics.”
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Meanwhile, since 2018, Jeonnam Province has been conducting city and county contests to overcome population issues, and so far has discovered 36 projects supporting youth settlement and employment/start-ups, including ‘Gokseong, Cheongchun Jakdang’ which induced the spread of leading local youth, and ‘Suncheon, Gongyuro Project’ which supports youth start-up spaces through a vacant house bank system.
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