Imsil-gun Launches Large-Scale Rural Development Project 'Rural Agreement Pilot Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Nosik] Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk, is launching a pilot project for the large-scale rural development project called the Rural Agreement.

According to Imsil-gun on the 25th, the Rural Agreement pilot project is a large-scale national project worth 30 billion KRW that encompasses overall rural development, including industrial development in rural areas and basic living services for residents.

Since being finally selected as the pilot site for the Rural Agreement project by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs last year, Imsil-gun has been preparing swiftly, including establishing comprehensive strategies.

Recently, the county held a Rural Agreement council meeting to establish a rural spatial strategy plan and a rural living zone revitalization plan, discussing the overall project promotion.

The council provided advisory opinions on setting policy tasks and the implementation process for the rural living zone revitalization plan based on the already established Imsil-gun rural spatial strategy plan.

By actively reflecting the advisory opinions of the committee members, the county plans to establish a rural living zone revitalization plan containing specific promotion tasks for each living zone.

In particular, the plan will include specific promotion tasks for each living zone based on the rural spatial strategy plan established through analysis of local social strata, living zones, and accessibility to basic living services.

After consultations with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Governor of Imsil-gun are scheduled to sign an agreement in June and begin full-scale project implementation.

The Rural Agreement project was introduced to achieve the common policy goal of improving residential conditions by concentrating investments from central and local governments according to development plans independently established by local governments.

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the mayor or county governor become direct parties to the agreement, establishing policy cooperation governance through the agreement, concentrating investments according to the region’s self-established development direction, and aiming to realize a 365-living zone by improving accessibility to basic living services such as health, welfare, medical care, and education in rural areas.

Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs selected only two local governments nationwide, Imsil-gun and Hongseong-gun, as pilot districts for the Rural Agreement, announcing plans to support up to 30 billion KRW in national funds over the next five years.

Through this project, the county plans to provide rural residents with basic complex living services such as education, medical care, and welfare, foster emergency medical institutions in vulnerable areas, and enhance project synergy by linking with other ministries’ projects such as improving rural childcare (education) conditions.

County Governor Shim Min said, “We will provide rural residents with basic complex living services such as education, medical care, and welfare, foster emergency medical institutions, and create greater synergy by linking with other ministries’ projects to improve rural childcare and education conditions. As this is a government pilot project attracting nationwide attention, we will make every effort to ensure its successful implementation.”

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