Wando-gun Selected as Excellent Regulatory Innovation Institution in Jeonnam Province for 3 Consecutive Years

99 Regulatory Improvement Tasks Identified, 20 Cases Selected as Regulatory Innovation Improvements

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

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil] Wando County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 10th that it received the Excellence Award in the ‘2020 Regulatory Innovation Excellent City/County Evaluation’ conducted by Jeollanam-do, marking its selection as an excellent institution for three consecutive years.

The Jeollanam-do Regulatory Innovation Evaluation targets 22 cities and counties, selecting excellent institutions through a rigorous review process that evaluates a total of 15 items, including the performance of regulatory improvement proposals, resolution of regulatory difficulties through proactive administration, excellent cases of regional investment, and the level of interest from institution heads.

Wando County, based on an innovative mindset toward regulatory reform, operates a ‘Visiting Regulatory Reporting Center’ and actively conducts administration by inspecting all 192 registered regulations through the Regulatory Reform Committee to verify and improve the necessity of regulations, receiving favorable evaluations in all indicators such as regulatory innovation foundation, process, and institution head interest.

In particular, the county regularly informs residents and businesses about the progress of regulatory difficulties they have reported, and based on this, discovered 99 field-centered regulatory difficulties and sector-specific regulatory improvement tasks, which were proposed to central government ministries.

Among them, two cases?‘Resolution of issues in exercising fishery rights’ and ‘Simplification of boarding procedures for island residents’?were selected as examples of resolving regulatory difficulties through proactive administration, improving maritime transportation convenience for island residents.

Additionally, the proposal to ‘Abolish the deposit return regulation for water supply construction contractors’ was accepted as a local regulatory improvement case by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Ombudsman), and 20 cases including ‘Extension of fish stocking and shipment reporting periods when reporting natural disaster damage’ were selected as regulatory innovation improvement cases in daily life, achieving significant results.

Governor Shin Woo-cheol of Wando County stated, “We will continue to actively discover and improve regulations affecting residents’ daily lives and business sites to alleviate inconveniences for residents such as self-employed and small business owners who are suffering greatly due to COVID-19, and strive to revitalize the local economy. We also plan to actively support the discovery of regulations related to our county’s key project, the marine healing industry, to back up county policies.”

Meanwhile, in September, Wando County received the Grand Prize and a financial incentive of 100 million KRW at the ‘2020 Local Regulatory Innovation Excellent Case Competition’ conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety by presenting the regulatory innovation case of ‘Expansion of foreign seasonal workers’ permission in the fishery sector, the first pilot operation nationwide.’

Furthermore, last month, it was selected as the ‘2020 Ministry of the Interior and Safety Local Regulatory Innovation Certified Excellent Institution,’ the first in Jeollanam-do, receiving a financial incentive of 100 million KRW, securing a total of 200 million KRW in financial incentives.

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