Mokpo City, Customized Active Response to Government Public Project Competition

City Officials Broaden Understanding of Government Budget Through Expert Strategy Special Lecture

Mokpo City, which devised a special lecture strategy for public contest projects through government budget analysis. Photo by Mokpo City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 10th that it will strengthen its capabilities and provide customized responses to challenges in government public contest projects that serve as a catalyst for regional development.

Recently, central government budget contest projects have shifted from a past top-down approach with fixed objectives to a bottom-up approach where local governments directly propose and plan according to common themes.

Accordingly, preparing for contest projects now requires an accurate understanding of the government's policy goals and expected outcomes, making meticulous strategy formulation increasingly important.

The city has strategically responded to use contest projects as a lever for Mokpo's development, achieving a high selection rate. Representative examples include designation as a Cultural City (2021, up to 20 billion KRW), hosting the Korea Islands Promotion Agency (2021), designation as one of Korea's four major tourism hub cities (2020, up to 100 billion KRW), and hosting the 1st Island Day commemorative event (2019).

Additionally, seed money for fostering eco-friendly ships was secured through projects such as the development of electric propulsion car ferries and mobile power supply systems (2020, 45.1 billion KRW), and the development and demonstration of mixed fuel technology for eco-friendly ships (2021, 41.5 billion KRW).

Moreover, all inhabited islands within the jurisdiction, including Dallido and Oedaldo (both 2019, 13.4 billion KRW), Yuldo (2020, 12.3 billion KRW), and Gohado (2021, 12.3 billion KRW), were selected as target areas for the Fishing Village New Deal 300 project.

Reviewing Mokpo City's contest project status over the past three years, there were 51 projects worth 29.243 billion KRW in 2019, 69 projects worth 138.42 billion KRW in 2020, and 52 projects worth 75.346 billion KRW in 2021. In 2021, the city responded to contest projects with selection and concentration due to the burden of city funds for existing projects.

This year, the city plans to strengthen its capabilities and challenge contest projects essential for Mokpo's development.

To this end, on the 9th, the city invited Director Lee Kiheon of the Korea Public Autonomy Research Institute to conduct an expert lecture titled ‘2022 Government Contest Project Customized Response Strategy Sharing’ for department heads, team leaders, and officials related to contests.

Through this lecture, public officials enhanced their understanding of government-prioritized policies such as carbon neutrality measures, four major regional balanced development projects, national safety projects, population extinction response strategic projects, climate change countermeasures related to ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) management, and discovery of region-linked cooperative projects.

They also shared methods for planning contest responses that leverage regional characteristics, key factors for project selection, interdepartmental collaboration systems, and how to write feasible project proposals.

Building on this lecture, the city plans to focus on discovering projects related to regional balanced new deals, carbon neutrality, local extinction response, and regional balanced development.

A city official stated, “We will enhance our understanding of government budgets and contest projects and strategically approach them to fully commit to selecting contest projects that reflect regional characteristics this year as well.”

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