Ministry of the Interior and Safety Holds the 3rd Innovation Field Relay in Jeollanam-do

Visiting Innovation Sites That Transformed Regions by Driving Innovative Administration with the Power of the Youth Generation

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Jeollanam-do, which is promoting innovative administration with the power of youth and creating a new regional brand, has been selected as the site for this year's third Innovation Field Relay.

On the 30th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it held the '2021 3rd Innovation Field Relay' event at Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do, and the Jeollanam-do Provincial Office (Muan, Jeonnam). The 'Innovation Field Relay,' which has been promoted since 2019, is a forum held annually in a relay format among institutions to spread innovation within the public sector.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety visited regional innovation sites such as 'Geonmaek 1897' and 'Gwaenchana Village' in Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do, to encourage young entrepreneurs and inspect the sites. 'Geonmaek 1897,' regarded as a representative success case of the Ministry's 'Regional Asset Support Project,' is the nation's first to transform a 125-year-old dried seafood market into a village pub, establishing itself as a new regional brand.

The Ministry is currently selecting 28 preliminary sites nationwide for this year's Regional Asset Support Project to expand the 'Geonmaek 1897' case across the country and plans to increase new designations next year.

Following 'Geonmaek 1897,' the Ministry also visited 'Gwaenchana Village,' part of the 'Youth Village Support Project.' Since 2018, 'Gwaenchana Village' has been revitalizing Mokpo by utilizing vacant spaces in the old downtown area to operate local experience programs, entrepreneurship education, and job linkage, promoting regional living programs.

Based on the success of Mokpo's 'Gwaenchana Village,' the Ministry plans to select 12 additional youth villages this year to expand support for regional vitality and long-term settlement of migrating youth.

After visiting the regional innovation sites, the Ministry visited the Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, which is achieving administrative innovation through fresh ideas from young public officials. Jeonnam Province has attracted great attention nationwide by implementing various administrative innovations such as the Neighborhood Welfare Task Force, Domestic Kimchi Usage Labeling System, and excellent COVID-19 response cases (Eco-friendly Agricultural Products Package Project), all driven by ideas from MZ generation public officials. At this event, concrete alternatives and opinions on improving organizational culture and working methods proposed by MZ generation public officials will be shared.

Park Sung-ho, Director of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Office, said, "The commonality of Mokpo's 'Geonmaek 1897,' 'Gwaenchana Village,' and Jeonnam Provincial Office's 'Innovative Administration' is that they changed the region through the power of youth," adding, "We will continue to actively support so that the creative ideas of the MZ generation can create innovations that citizens and residents can feel."

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