Gyeongbuk Regional Problem-Solving Platform Officially Launched

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] Gyeongbuk Province is establishing the ‘Gyeongbuk Regional Problem-Solving Platform’ and is entering full-scale project implementation.

The Gyeongbuk Regional Problem-Solving Platform is a collaborative system-building project led by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, which breaks away from the traditional government-led regional problem-solving approach. It enables residents to take the lead in identifying problems and finding solutions in cooperation with the government, local governments, public institutions, academia, and businesses.

Taking advantage of the relocation of the Innovation City, the platform is being implemented in 13 provinces excluding the metropolitan area and Sejong, to establish a cooperative system with public institutions such as Korea Electric Power Technology.

Before the full-scale launch, on the 10th, a project briefing session was held at the Industry-Academia-Research Attraction Support Center for collaborative entities including city and county governments, public institutions, and funded organizations.

Starting with the project briefing session, the platform will identify regional problems through both online and offline channels.

Ideas for regional problems experienced in daily life will be accepted via Google Forms until the 10th of next month, and offline identification will also be conducted through roundtable meetings with public institutions and local community activists.

The identified regional problems will undergo a preparation process to mature into issues suitable for public-private-civil collaboration through in-depth workshops, and about 10 final actionable agendas will be selected.

For the selected actionable agendas, participating institutions will sign agreements to promise support for agenda implementation, such as resource linkage.

Hwang Myeongseok, Director of Planning and Coordination at Gyeongbuk Province, said, “It is meaningful that various stakeholders participate in solving regional problems,” adding, “The platform will be a new method to solve regional problems and will greatly help in addressing complex and diverse regional issues.”

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