Shinan-gun Selected as an 'Excellent Institution' in the 2019 Local Government Innovation Evaluation

Scenic View of Sinan County Office (Photo by Sinan County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ki-woon] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 19th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the ‘2019 Local Government Government Innovation Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, securing a special grant of 50 million won.

This evaluation was conducted on 243 metropolitan and basic local governments nationwide, and based on the 2019 Government Innovation Comprehensive Promotion Plan, it evaluated 14 indicators in 3 categories (autonomous innovation, innovation performance, innovation diffusion and public perception) and 22 evaluation items.

Sinan-gun received very high evaluations in the fields of resident participation and resident autonomy activation through the innovation case of ‘Establishment of Renewable Energy Resident Participation Cooperatives.’

In addition, the ‘1004 Bus Full Public Use,’ which transports about 670,000 people annually and presents a model solution to the inconvenience of public transportation in Korea, was also recognized as an institutional representative innovation case.

Park Woo-ryang, Governor of Sinan-gun, said, “We will continue to promote administrative innovation that is closer to the residents so that we can be selected as an excellent government innovation institution,” and added, “We will strive to carry out administration that residents can empathize with.”

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