Changwon City Selects and Awards Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration

Conflict Resolution, Creative and Proactive Work Execution Stand Out

An outstanding public official in proactive administration in Changwon City is receiving an award. (Photo by Changwon City Hall)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Changwon City in Gyeongnam announced on the 15th that it selected and awarded 5 outstanding public officials for proactive administration in the first half of the year to establish a culture of proactive administration within the public service.

Outstanding public officials for proactive administration refer to those who actively carry out tasks from the citizens' perspective, such as innovating regulations or customs, collaborating, mediating conflicts, and promoting preemptive and creative work, thereby producing results.

To select outstanding public officials, the city discovered 15 cases of excellent proactive administration recommended by department heads, verified the achievements, and after first and second evaluations, selected 5 outstanding cases and chose the 5 public officials who carried them out as outstanding public officials.

This is the first time the city has selected and awarded outstanding public officials for proactive administration. The city gave the awardees the mayor’s certificate, prize money, and personnel incentives.

The top outstanding public official was Osumi, in charge of the Economic and Transportation Division of Uichang-gu; the excellence awards went to Seonggi Shin of the Architecture and Landscape Division, Se-gwon Park of the Redevelopment Division, firefighter Yoonseon Choi of the Safety Prevention Division at Masan Fire Station, and Nokju Kim, an officer of the Fisheries Division.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu said, “In order to overcome rapidly changing social and economic environments and crises, I hope you will respond proactively without being bound by laws or systems,” and added, “You should not accept citizens’ inconveniences as a given due to on-site conditions or problems involving large-scale budgets, but actively strive to resolve citizens’ inconveniences.”

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