Wando-gun Receives 'Excellence Award' in Jeonnam Population Policy and Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Evaluation

Population Policy, Youth Stability Settlement, and Operation of Foreign Seasonal Programs

High Participation in Returning to Farming and Fishing Villages, Relocation Performance, and Entrepreneurship Activation Projects for Returnees

Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 19th that it received excellence awards at the ‘2023 Population Policy and Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Outstanding Cities and Counties Awards Ceremony’ hosted by Jeollanam-do on the 14th.

First, the ‘Population Policy’ evaluation selected eight outstanding cities and counties after assessing 22 cities and counties in Jeollanam-do based on efforts to overcome population issues, policy improvements and implementation achievements, and exemplary cases.

The first quantitative evaluation included eight indicators such as △population social increase/decrease rate △issuance rate of youth culture welfare cards △population education △support for youth community revitalization, and the second qualitative evaluation was conducted through presentations on outstanding population policy cases.

They each received the Excellence Award at the '2023 Population Policy and Outstanding Rural Return and Migration City/County Awards Ceremony' hosted by Jeollanam-do.
[Photo by Wando-gun]

Based on the ‘Wando Youth Center Wansaeng,’ the county operates a visiting youth academy and creates youth hub spaces such as youth villages, shops, and housing to help young people settle stably in the region.

Additionally, it received the excellence award in recognition of operating the nation’s largest ‘Foreign Seasonal Worker Program,’ which solved labor shortages in farming and fishing villages and had an effect on attracting living population.

In the ‘Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Comprehensive Evaluation,’ nine items including achievements in attracting returnees, promotion, and education were evaluated, and the county earned high scores particularly in relocation achievements and participation in the ‘2022?2023 Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Outstanding Startup Activation Project,’ winning the excellence award.

A county official said, “Although the resident population continues to decline due to low birth rates, we will do our best to implement differentiated population policies and make Wando-gun a better place to live.”

Wando = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil just8440@asiae.co.kr

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