“Go To Campaign” re-partitioning Maintaining transparency and early implementation are issues June 5 at 5:05

After the spread of the new coronavirus infection has stopped, the government has decided to reorganize the public recruitment of contractors for the “Go To Campaign” to stimulate consumption. The start of the campaign aimed at the end of July for the summer tourist season may be delayed, so the issue is to create a system that can be implemented quickly while ensuring transparency.

After the spread of the infection had settled, the government had a policy of implementing a consumption promotion measure called the "Go To Campaign" and was publicly soliciting parties to entrust operations collectively, but on the 5th, the public offering procedure was canceled. Announced. Then, it has clarified the policy of publicly recruiting subcontractors by dividing into fields such as tourism, food and drink, and events.

On the other hand, the budget for outsourcing fees of up to 309.5 billion yen, which the opposition parties have criticized for being too expensive, will not be changed, and related ministries and agencies will summarize application guidelines and schedules for each field.

The government has announced that it will start the campaign in stages from the end of next month, but the start of the campaign may be delayed due to the re-partitioning of the public offering, and the issue is to create a system to implement it early while ensuring transparency.