NPO法人北近畿みらいは、人と人をつなぎ、北近畿の未来をひらくべく、設立しました。皆様のご協力･ご参加をお待ちしています。
設立の趣意
山と川と海、変わらぬ風景の中に長い長い農村・漁村の営みがある。ここには伝統ということばでくくれる食、文化、産業などがある。高度成長、大都会集中の流れの中で停滞を余儀なくされてきた自然と伝統に今、ようやく陽が当たりつつある。
人は、日常を抜けだし、非日常を求める。環境と健康、観光への関心を深めている。農村・漁村にたくさんの人々が足を運び、交流し、地域の経済に資する流れをさらに加速させなければならない。
地方分権とは、それぞれの自治体に依り、自治体間競争をすれば、それで完結、というものではない。市町村、都道府県、国を超えて提携し、交流するというグローバルな視点が当然必要だ。いわんや、農村・漁村をベースにした交流産業や着地型観光やさまざまなイベントは広域に点在する地域の財を縦や横に結びながら、魅力あるメニューを、われわれ地域に住む者自身が積極的に提供していかねばならない。
北近畿への強い愛着をもち、常にプラス思考。志を共にするすべての団体、行政機関、府民、県民とともに軽いフットワークで行動したい。
とどのつまり、地域を振興できるかどうかは人材につきる。
趣意に賛同いただける皆様のご参加を心からお願いいたします。
Founding Objective
NPO Kita-Kinki Mirai aspires to link people together and create a better future for the Kita-Kinki (northern Kinki) region.
We look forward to having you join us in our endeavors!
Declaration of Foundation
Mountains, rivers, and oceans – behind these unchanging natural features are the operations of farming and fishing villages that have been continued since times of antiquity. Such places are treasure houses of food, culture, and industry that together have formed a long tradition. Diminishing amid rapid economic growth and concentration in metropolitan cities, nature and tradition have at long last begun to draw the attention that they deserve.
People long to slip out of their everyday routines and seek out extraordinary experiences, and there is a growing interest in eco-friendliness, health, and tourism. We must take advantage of such trends and further accelerate the flow of people who visit farming and fishing villages, interact with those who live there, and benefit their local economies.
Decentralization of government cannot be considered complete if local governments are merely competing amongst themselves. Rather, what is needed is a global perspective, i.e., municipal, prefectural, and national governments all coming together for international exchange. In pursuit of this, local residents need to offer a great variety of tourist attractions, which should include events for exchange with local communities and “community resident-led tourism” in farming and fishing villages, as they connect both vertically and horizontally a wide range of community assets that are dispersed over a wide area.
In flexibly pursuing our endeavors, we would like to be joined by all private and public organizations and residents of prefectures in the Kita-Kinki region that have a strong attachment to the region, always think positively, and share our aspirations.
After all, whether or not local economies can be revitalized ultimately boils down to the availability of human resources.
We sincerely hope that you will support our objective, and we look forward to having you join us.
