'34 Regional Innovation Cases' Driving Changes in Residents' Lives Expanded to Other Local Governments

This Year, 45 Local Governments Promote Projects with 2.05 Billion Won Support

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Innovative cases by local governments that improve residents' convenience and change their lives are being expanded to other local governments.

On the 25th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it selected 34 regional innovation cases that applied for the 'Resident Life Innovation Case Expansion Support Project' and will expand them to 45 local governments, providing 2.05 billion KRW in national funds and customized expert consulting.

The 'Resident Life Innovation Case Expansion Support Project' is a project led by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety that selects excellent innovation cases from local governments discovered through various evaluations and excellent case competitions, which can be expanded nationwide, and supports local governments wishing to adopt them through administrative and financial assistance after screening.

Since 2019 until last year, the government has selected 96 local governments through nationwide contests targeting 38 regional innovation cases and supported them with 6.5 billion KRW in project funds.

This year, in May, after expert evaluations, public online preference surveys, and on-site verifications, 34 excellent regional innovation cases were selected across five areas: resident-centered key promotion tasks, public-private cooperation, proactive administration, space sharing, and smart services.

Among the regional innovation cases, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju's 'Local Small Business Hope Loan' received great response as a project supporting local small businesses struggling due to COVID-19 through solidarity between local residents and financial institutions.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to continuously select and support local governments wishing to introduce excellent innovation cases that can be expanded nationwide to improve residents' convenience, in addition to the 45 local governments already selected. They plan to additionally select local governments to introduce the 'Local Small Business Hope Loan Project' to promote self-reliance of local small businesses and eliminate blind spots in financial support.

Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said, "Through this local government contest project for expanding excellent regional innovation cases, we expect residents' inconveniences in daily life to be resolved and their convenience to be enhanced," adding, "We will actively promote the continuous nationwide expansion of regional innovation achievements so that more residents can feel definite changes in government innovation and their quality of life can be dramatically improved."

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