Hamyang-gun, Excellence Award at the 2020 Gyeongnam Province Public-Private Cooperation Best Practice Sharing Conference

Case Presentation on Rural Area Regeneration Facing Collapse Crisis through 'Nongchon Utopia'

Hamyang County won the Excellence Award at the Public-Private Cooperation Best Practices Sharing Contest hosted by Gyeongnam Province. (Photo by Hamyang County)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province received an Excellence Award at the '2020 Public-Private Cooperation Best Practices Sharing Conference' held at the Changwon Convention Center, hosted by Gyeongnam Province, with the participation of about 100 people from local governments, public institutions, and private organizations.

This event aimed to discover, share, and spread various excellent cases of public-private cooperation to foster and expand a sustainable culture of cooperation in Gyeongnam Province. Since August, a total of 49 excellent cases were submitted from provincial institutions, local governments, public institutions, and private organizations.

A judging committee was formed to conduct the first round of screening, and the final nine selected excellent cases were evaluated.

At the event, Kim Hyun-woo, Innovation Strategy Officer of Hamyang-gun, presented on the theme of "Realizing a 'Rural Utopia' to Save Small Schools" involving public, private, and government collaboration.

The small school revival project, initiated to save Seoha Elementary School facing closure, involved five organizations?Gyeongnam Province, Hamyang-gun, LH, Korea Rural Economic Institute, and the Seoha Elementary School Student Care Committee?signing a business agreement and establishing a cooperative governance structure. He introduced the case as an expanded and developed project into a Rural Utopia initiative that comprehensively regenerates rural areas at risk of collapse.

An official from the county stated, "We will continue to foster a mature culture of collaboration through processes led by residents to identify and resolve local issues, and promote citizen-centered administration."

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