Ministry of the Interior and Safety Opens Public Facilities and Goods to Citizens... Expanding Public Resource Services

Expansion of Public Resource Services Related to National Daily Life and Leisure Activities -
Enhancing Accessibility and Quality of 'Gongyunu-ri Service' in Collaboration with Naver and Kakao

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The ‘Gongyunu-ri Service,’ which opens facilities and goods owned by central administrative agencies, local governments, and public institutions to the public, will be expanded to support daily life and leisure activities.

On the 29th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it has prepared the ‘2021 Public Resource Opening and Sharing Service Activation Promotion Plan’ containing these details and notified 35 central administrative agencies, 17 provinces and cities, 226 city and county districts, and 186 public institutions.

Since 2018, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has been promoting the ‘Public Resource Opening and Sharing’ service, which opens public resources such as facilities and goods owned by administrative and public institutions to the public for user convenience and efficient resource utilization. Accordingly, since March 2020, the Gongyunu-ri service, an integrated management platform for public open resources where about 108,000 public resources can be searched, reserved, and paid for in one place, has been provided.

This year, various measures will be implemented to activate the public resource opening and sharing service with goals such as “improving public resource quality,” “activating the Gongyunu-ri service,” and “strengthening institutional foundations.”

First, resident life-oriented services supporting daily life and leisure activities will be expanded, and the quality of the public resource opening and sharing service will be enhanced. Using Gongyunu-ri’s shared map service, services related to daily convenience for the public, such as bicycle rental stations and public restrooms based on current location, will be provided. Information services on nationwide campgrounds, urban parks, famous walking trail locations, and selected area map-based information supporting public leisure will also be expanded step-by-step. Starting in June, information on ‘heatwave shelters’ to escape the midsummer heat will additionally be provided.

To support COVID-19 response, the quarantine supplies rental service currently provided will be expanded to 100 local governments nationwide, and following the provision of free parking lot information around 624 screening clinics nationwide, free parking lot information around vaccination centers will also be added. The number of institutions providing the ‘quarantine supplies rental service’?which supports COVID-19 self-quarantine in daily life such as small stores, houses, and offices with sprayers, thermometers, disinfectants, etc.?has increased about tenfold from 10 local governments last year to 100 local governments nationwide. Through Gongyunu-ri’s shared map, free parking lot information around 624 screening clinics nationwide is provided, and from July, free parking lot information around about 250 vaccination centers will also be provided to alleviate parking inconveniences for citizens visiting screening clinics and vaccination centers.

Furthermore, by linking Gongyunu-ri services with private platforms such as Naver and Kakao, it plans to increase service accessibility and utilization by enabling public open resources to be searched and reserved on private platforms as well.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety stated that it will actively discover and support various excellent cases reflecting local conditions and residents’ demands to ensure the activation of the public resource opening and sharing service.

Han Chang-seop, Director of Government Innovation Organization at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, “The public resource opening and sharing service is a meaningful service that enhances public convenience and the efficiency of public resources,” adding, “We will continue to expand the service and strive to embed it in citizens’ daily lives.”

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