Wando-gun Selected for Excellence in the '2020 Public Life Regulation Innovation Task Contest'

8 Measures Including 'Expansion of Farm and Fishermen Housing Size' to Increase Farmers' and Fishermen's Income

Wando-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Wando-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 11th that it selected excellent tasks through the ‘2020 Public Life Regulation Innovation Task Contest,’ proposed and improved by the public, and announced the results.

The county selected administrative regulations in the first round for the tasks submitted to the contest held from June 5 to July 31, completed the second round of review by related departments, and on the 3rd, the Wando-gun Regulatory Reform Committee reviewed the feasibility and possibility of improvement of the regulatory improvement tasks and finally selected eight tasks.

The Regulatory Reform Committee selected excellent tasks based on three evaluation criteria: creativity (30%), feasibility (30%), and effectiveness (40%).

As a result of the evaluation, the grand prize went to ‘Expansion of the size of farm and fishery households’ houses,’ the excellence prize to three tasks including ‘Improvement plan for payment of childcare leave allowance and contribution payment method,’ and the encouragement prize to four tasks including ‘Provision plan of daily life legal services at real estate sales contracts.’

The grand prize-winning task, ‘Expansion of the size of farm and fishery households’ houses,’ involves relaxing restrictions on site area, which is currently regulated to be 660㎡ (about 200 pyeong) or less by related laws, despite the increased utilization of farm and fishery household houses such as rural lodging businesses and garden experience facilities, and the increased size of auxiliary facilities such as agricultural warehouses.

This proposal received high marks for its potential to improve the residential environment in rural areas, enhance the quality of life of residents in rural areas, and contribute to increasing the income of farmers and fishermen.

Bong Jin-moon, Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Wando-gun Regulatory Reform Committee, said, “We will carefully review the excellent tasks discovered and selected through this contest to improve their completeness and prepare internal guidelines to improve the relevant regulations,” and added, “We will actively strive to resolve inconveniences for residents through recommendations to central government ministries.”

The county plans to award certificates and a total prize money of 1.5 million won to the contest winners.

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