Realizing a Cleaner, Safer, and More Competent County Administration through 'Haenam-style ESG Management'

Myeong Hyun-gwan, Haenam County Governor, Presents Next Year's County Administration Direction in County Council Policy Speech

[Haenam=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Myeong Hyun-gwan, the mayor of Haenam County, announced in his policy speech at the Haenam County Council regular meeting on the 22nd that the goal of next year’s county administration is to lead the leap of the 8th local government term into a cleaner, safer, and more competent administration through the expansion of Haenam-type ESG management.

Mayor Myeong stated, “During the 7th local government term, Haenam County achieved the highest grade for four consecutive years in the Manifesto evaluation, the only one in Jeonnam, obtained a comprehensive integrity grade of 2, secured the largest national and provincial subsidies ever, was selected for public projects, and became the only county-level unit nationwide to enter the era of a 1 trillion won budget. Although the domestic and international situations, including the global economic recession, are challenging, we will start the leap of a livable and outstanding Haenam in the 8th local government term based on the resilience that has turned crises into opportunities.”

Through the policy speech, Mayor Myeong presented the direction of next year’s county administration as ▷ Expansion of Haenam-type ESG that communicates, empathizes, and earns trust ▷ Leading carbon neutrality to respond to climate change and creating sustainable future agriculture and rural areas ▷ Developing a tourism hub centered on the southwestern coast enhanced by Haenam’s charm ▷ Regional economy growing in balance through win-win cooperation ▷ People-centered, visiting customized welfare services and making Haenam safe.

As a key task for this, the county will expand Haenam-type ESG management to secure the driving force for sustainable development by establishing a righteous and trustworthy administration and a competent and efficient administration.

Haenam County held a Haenam-type ESG vision proclamation ceremony along with this year’s opening ceremony, set five major policy tasks and five major implementation tasks, actively reflected them in the county administration, and is promoting a county-wide citizen practice movement.

To protect the clean environment (E), the county is actively realizing local joint tasks such as expanding resident-participatory resource circulation projects, creating a disposable-free government office, and spreading a culture of making Haenam cleaner, including signing joint agreements with 46 related organizations. In addition, for a safe society (S) that works together, the county is establishing a living safety net through economic revitalization and a disaster safety system, and for expanding citizen participation and communication (G), it is diversifying communication channels, establishing scholarship funds, and founding an education foundation.

Major contents by sector include support for the steady establishment and operation of the Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center, discovering new income crops responding to climate change, expanding advanced agriculture and new industries, expanding tourism content by region, revitalizing investment attraction for Hwawon Industrial Complex and Solar City enterprise city, providing customized impressive welfare services by life cycle, and establishing a safety and health management system.

The county submitted a 2022 budget proposal to the county council, prioritizing regional economic revitalization and expanding proactive investments to improve residents’ quality of life and build regional infrastructure, with a budget of 873.6 billion won, a 4% increase from this year’s original budget.

Myeong Hyun-gwan, mayor of Haenam County, emphasized, “Amid predictions of an unprecedented recession and economic downturn next year, I will devote all my strength with a spirit of 불유여력 (不遺餘力, leaving no effort undone) to realize the vision of a safe and livable outstanding Haenam.”

Haenam=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun alwatros@asiae.co.kr

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