The General Agricultural, Mountain, and Fishing Village Development Project has been actively carried out in the agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages to achieve balanced national development by the government. However, the project has not been...
The General Agricultural, Mountain, and Fishing Village Development Project has been actively carried out in the agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages to achieve balanced national development by the government. However, the project has not been properly managed after completion due to the lack of follow-up operation and management guidelines. Under the circumstance, this study aimed to select the target villages for follow-up management by analyzing their status after the development based on diagnostic indicators derived from previous studies on regions and villages where the project has been completed. This study also aimed to suggest a customized follow-up management promotion plan.
Literature reviews were conducted to understand the overall condition of the target villages, and on-site surveys were performed to examine the current use and appearance of the facilities built through the project and their operation and management. In addition, interviews were carried out with the village representatives to obtain personal opinions on the conflicts in the village, difficulties, and the direction of operation and management desired by the villagers. A revitalization plan was developed by discussing the internal and external issues that the village faces through resident workshops targeting the selected villages.
The literature review examined the follow-up management evaluation index for the project and found that the focus was mainly on the result of the project, which led to the need for post-evaluation indicators focused on residents' use and management ability. A theoretical examination was conducted on diagnostic items regarding community and re-startup support. Evaluation indicators were derived from the key leader and organizational composition, facility utilization and management degree, profit structure and distribution, economic revitalization (income), conformity with initial purpose, resident participation and will, and community capacity.
As a result of on-site investigations using evaluation indicators, it was found that village’s income projects were suspended or insufficient in most villages, and it was determined that it was not to be appropriate to perform the evaluation using items such as ‘facility utilization’, ‘profit structure and distribution’, and ‘economic revitalization.’ For this, the current conditions of ten sites were re-evaluated by reinterpreting the items in terms of 'development potential' while maintaining the framework of research and analysis. Factors deteriorating the development of villages were the low economic feasibility of the experience project, no experience in implementing related projects, the little will to participate, conflicts between residents, and aging.
Based on the investigation and analysis results, the target villages were divided into a type that does not have the will for additional projects due to conflicts related to the village project, a type that is well operated without significant problems, a type that had trials and errors due to lack of experience in promoting the project, a type that had conflicts between residents but has potentials according to experience and resources, and a type that lacks profitable business, or with the problem of an aging population or lacks active population.
A target village to present a follow-up management revitalization plan was selected based on the potential for regeneration (development) of the village. Problems found during a resident workshop were the experiential programs designed for a large number of visitors and insufficient accommodation facilities, which were not suitable for the current demand of the visitors, the decrease in the use rate of the landmark, the lack of experience in making the best of the regional characteristics, the need to reorganize the experiential programs through the change of use following the expiration of the follow-up management period of the Byeoljubu Center (*based on the Korean folk tale, Hare's Liver, Byeoljubu is a tortoise, one of the lead characters), the absence of a corporation as the main body of the village business, and the absence of operating rules and articles of association.
The customized follow-up management promotion plans included the development of the Byeoljubu Story Road centered on storytelling, the remodeling of the Byeoljubu Center and development of a campground, the development of cultural programs related to Byeoljubu, the development of small and individual interactive tools, the introduction of a responsible management system, and the organization of a corporation.
This study holds significance in that it investigated the operational status of the villages where the General Agricultural, Mountain, and Fishing Village Development Project was carried out from the project completion up to today and performed interviews with residents and identified the operation and management status and the reason for insufficient operation and management from residents’ viewpoint. The results of this study are expected to provide primary data for preparing sustainable operation and management plans for village projects after follow-up consulting based on a diagnosis from a community’s perspective centered on a resident-directed operation.