Geu In-mo, Geochang County Governor, Diligently Oversees Public Project Competitions and Secures Next Year's National and Provincial Funding

Discovered 122 Budget Securing Strategic Projects, Established National Subsidy Securing Strategy and Ministry Visit Plans

Checking the Status of Gu In-mo, Geochang County Governor's National Road Fund Securing Activities [Image Source=Geochang-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 1st that under the leadership of County Governor Gu In-mo, the vice governor and senior officials attended a meeting to review the status of activities for this year's public contest projects and securing national and provincial funds for next year.

In February this year, the county held the '2022 National and Provincial Fund Project Discovery Report Meeting' to secure funds for the next year. Through the report meeting, they set a target amount of 218.9 billion KRW and discovered 122 strategic budget projects, establishing strategies for securing national and provincial funds and plans for visiting ministries.

Since the February report meeting, until April, 20 departments visited Gyeongnam Province and central government ministries 55 times for 62 projects, and in May, 20 projects and 13 departments made an additional 12 visits.

Geochang County Governor Gu In-mo is making all-out efforts, including personally taking the lead to secure national and provincial funds. On April 29, he visited the office of National Assembly member Kim Tae-ho from the local constituency to request national and provincial funds and discuss pending projects.

On May 18, he visited five central government ministries to explain the necessity and justification of nine projects and requested financial support amounting to 140.3 billion KRW.

Governor Gu In-mo said, "May this year is shining more than ever with the achievements of the 7th local government term, which has been running breathlessly until now," adding, "Large-scale projects that are the vision of the latter half of the 7th local government term, such as the elevator test tower and industrial complex hall groundbreaking ceremony, the opening of Changpoweon, the first local garden in Gyeongnam, and the opening of Handol Bridge, are being successfully completed."

He also stated, "The foundation of these achievements is supported by national and provincial funds secured through public contest projects," and added, "Since national and provincial funds, along with ordinary local allocation tax, constitute the largest part of our county's finances, we will do our best to successfully complete large-scale projects and promote new future growth engine projects."

Geochang-gun aims to achieve the target amount through strategic financial proposals and continuous visits until the Ministry of Economy and Finance's budget formulation at the end of July and the National Assembly's budget confirmation at the end of the year. So far, Geochang-gun has discovered 59 public contest projects, with 23 selected and 27 in progress, maintaining a selection rate of 71.9%.

Additionally, the county is responding to public contest projects with all departments aiming to discover more than 80 projects, secure over 50 billion KRW in national and provincial funds, and achieve a selection rate of over 85%.

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