Hapcheon-gun and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Sign Agreement to Improve Rural Living Conditions

Hapcheon·Chogye Living Area Rural Hub Revitalization Project

Hapcheon-gun and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Rural Agreement Signing Photo

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, signed a rural agreement on the 15th at the Sejong Convention Center in Sejong City with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to invest 37.2 billion KRW by 2026 to improve rural living conditions in the Hapcheon·Chogye living area.

The rural agreement is a system in which local governments and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs establish a policy cooperation governance through an agreement to achieve policy goals such as improving rural living conditions, revitalizing the rural economy, and activating local communities. The central and local governments jointly invest in the regional development plans established by local governments to achieve common policy objectives.

Last June, the county was first selected as the target area for the agreement to revitalize the Hapcheon·Chogye living area (Hapcheon-eup and 11 other myeon), and by March of this year, it completed consultations with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, securing a final national subsidy of 25.1 billion KRW.

The main projects consist of rural hub revitalization projects, basic living base creation projects, and city/county capacity enhancement projects, focusing intensive investment on revitalizing the living area.

This is expected to enable the realization of the 365 living area in rural regions (supporting basic living services within 30 minutes, ensuring access to complex services within 60 minutes, and establishing an emergency response system within 5 minutes).

County Governor Kim Yoon-cheol said, “The rural agreement system aims to restore and revitalize rural living areas. Unlike the past approach of implementing individual projects, creating synergy effects through linkage between projects is important. Therefore, our county and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will cooperate and do our best to revitalize the living area.”

Meanwhile, to faithfully implement the rural agreement, the county reorganized its organization so that two departments within the division are in charge, and thoroughly prepared in advance by forming the Rural Agreement Committee, Administrative Council, and intermediate support organizations.

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