Goheung-gun Wins Grand Prize at Korea Good Policy Competition

Standing Out as the Best Destination for Returning to Farming and Rural Living in South Korea Through Differentiated Policies

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] Goheung County (Governor Song Gwi-geun) won the Grand Prize at the Korea Good Policy Competition held on the 28th, jointly hosted by the National Association of Mayors, Governors, and District Heads and MBN, and sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Balanced Development Committee.

The Korea Good Policy Competition is an event held to discover excellent policy cases of local governments and spread them nationwide to widely promote the excellence of local governments.

In the policy competition, 20 outstanding cases were selected from 268 cases nationwide through the first round of document evaluation, and the final winning local governments were selected through the second round of PT evaluation and the third evaluation by a national jury consisting of 200 general citizens.

In the second round of PT evaluation, Governor Song Gwi-geun personally presented the excellent cases and answered questions from the judges, providing detailed explanations of the background, main contents, and achievements of the rural return and migration policies, earning high scores from the judges.

Goheung County received favorable reviews from the judges for its 「One-Stop Service for Returning Farmers and Fishermen」 policy, which digitalizes related information when prospective returnees receive consultations to provide various rural return and migration information and supports stable settlement through the designation of 1:1 mentors.

Governor Song Gwi-geun said, “Since the launch of the 7th elected term, we have been thinking and striving to solve Goheung’s population decline issues by establishing the first Population Policy Division among local governments nationwide, directly operating the Rural Return and Migration Happiness School, and creating the My Love Goheung Fund,” adding, “We will continue to tighten the reins on discovering and implementing new policies that fit local conditions.”

Meanwhile, Goheung County, focusing on the major pledge of the 7th elected term, ‘Achieving 3,000 Returning and Migrating Households,’ attracted 5,105 returnees and migrants in 3,599 households as of the end of last month, exceeding the target.

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shim Jeong-woo sevenshim@asiae.co.kr

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