Administrative Council Meeting Held for Geochang, Hamyang, Sancheong, and Hapcheon in Western Gyeongnam

Strengthening Joint Efforts for Mutual Growth!

The governors of the four counties (Sancheong, Hamyang, Geochang, and Hapcheon) in the western region of Gyeongnam, along with local district representative Shin Sungbeom, held a meeting at a restaurant in Hapcheon County and announced on the 20th that they convened an administrative council for the four counties.

The meeting, held on the 18th, was the first since the agreement was signed on July 19, and Lee Seunghwa, governor of Sancheong County, was elected as the inaugural chairman.

Group photo of the Gyeongnam Western (Geo, Ham, San, Hap) Administrative Council.

The governors of the four counties decided to serve as chairman in rotation over the course of a year, and the meetings will be held quarterly, rotating among the four counties.

Through the administrative council, the four counties agreed to strengthen joint efforts for mutual development by: ▲ sharing strategies and progress for addressing local extinction and increasing population ▲ preparing joint measures for key issues such as jobs, housing, healthcare, and welfare ▲ discovering and cooperating on inter-county collaborative projects, and sharing information.

Representative Shin expressed his strong commitment to securing national and special grants to resolve key projects in the four counties.

Last July, Representative Shin secured 6.9 billion KRW in special grants from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for 11 projects, including reservoir maintenance, construction of lifelong learning centers, and improvement of gymnasium environments, to address regional issues and disaster safety such as the climate crisis in the four western Gyeongnam counties, thereby resolving long-standing projects for the counties.