Haenam-gun, Administrative Council to Address Population Decline... Discovering Population Vitality Projects

Discovering Various Ideas to Solve Population Issues Through Interdepartmental Collaboration

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do has established an administrative council idea bank to overcome the population decline caused by low birth rates and aging.

According to the county on the 18th, the council consists of a total of 10 members, including Vice Governor Kim Chajin as the chairman and team leaders in eight fields such as tourism, youth, childcare, childbirth, and return to farming and rural areas. It will discover various population revitalization projects such as expanding the living population, improving the quality of life for the resident population, and attracting external population.

An administrative council idea bank was established to overcome the problem of population decline.
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At the meeting held on the 17th, in response to the government's recent announcement to lower the multi-child standard from three children to two children, it was discussed to prepare measures to expand the beneficiaries in areas such as childcare and education through proactive responses including related ordinance revisions.

Additionally, opinions were submitted emphasizing the need to increase social interest in single-person households such as young people living alone and the elderly, and to check on their well-being through cooperation between the county and various social organizations.

In particular, it was agreed to produce and utilize customized integrated promotional materials organized by life cycle, summarizing the population increase policies actively promoted by each department.

The council idea bank will play a role as a consultative body that discovers interdepartmental collaborative projects through regular operations two to three times a month and raises awareness of population issues through expert guest lectures.

Vice Governor Kim Chajin stated, “Through the operation of the idea bank, we will discover communication and cooperative projects between departments and do our best to revitalize the local economy and enhance population vitality through the realization of various policies such as job creation, stable housing support, and inflow of living population.”

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