Ministry of the Interior and Safety-Hansapyup-Public Enterprises Join Forces to Foster Regional Community Innovation Ecosystem

Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Korea National Council on Social Welfare Launch 'Regional Innovation Activation Support Project'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 27th that it will jointly promote the Regional Innovation Activation Support Project with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare to solve regional issues through cooperation among various stakeholders and to create a regional social innovation ecosystem.

Accordingly, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to sign a business agreement with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare on the 28th. The ‘Regional Innovation Activation Support Project,’ launched for the first time this year, is characterized by its main goals of discovering local jobs and supporting youth startups to foster a regional social innovation ecosystem. This year, it is notable that public enterprises such as Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Korea Western Power are participating.

First, KHNP will start the ‘Regional Problem-Solving New Deal Project,’ which supports innovative activities to solve regional issues as its first project. To promote the ‘Regional Problem-Solving New Deal Project,’ KHNP will select a total of eight teams nationwide through a public contest in October, targeting nonprofit organizations, social economy enterprises, youth groups, and social innovators.

Additionally, Korea Western Power plans to operate the ‘Changemaker Youth Living Lab’ program, which discovers community issues and nurtures young social innovators. The ‘Youth Living Lab Project’ is a problem-solving living lab program through discovering community issues. Until December, it will publicly recruit 30 youths (aged 34 and under) nationwide to seek solutions to local community problems together with young people and support the creation of a regional social innovation ecosystem through coexistence and cooperation.

Park Sung-ho, Director of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Office, said, “I hope this project will be a small change that breathes new vitality into local communities,” adding, “We plan to continue expanding regional social innovation activities so that local residents, the government, and public enterprises can cooperate to solve the complex and diverse problems occurring in the regions.”

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