Suncheon-si, Government Joint Evaluation "Best Excellence" for 3 Consecutive Years

Received High Scores in Responding to the 4th Industrial Revolution and Creating an Ecological City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) has maintained the top spot for three consecutive years in the government joint evaluation hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety this year.

The government joint evaluation, conducted annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, is a system that evaluates the performance of major policies promoted by the central government, such as delegated national tasks and national subsidy projects, targeting metropolitan and basic local governments each year.

This year's government joint evaluation was finalized through a verification process based on 122 standard indicators assessing the achievement and participation of each local government in national projects aligned with the five major national goals, including an inclusive economy.

In this evaluation, Suncheon City received high marks for the ‘4th Industrial Revolution Response’ case, a 3E project that specializes the local economy by leveraging Suncheon’s unique ecological environment and educational resources, and for the ‘Making Suncheon a NO Plastic City’ campaign aimed at improving the urban environment and raising citizens’ awareness, with citizens participating throughout the entire process from proposal to implementation.

Additionally, the ‘Multicultural Empathy Garden Project,’ which supports the social and economic participation of marriage immigrant women and naturalized citizens, including integrated support for multicultural families’ children and parents, and the ‘Resident-Centered Urban Regeneration Project through Big Data Analysis,’ based on the selection of smart city-type urban regeneration projects and New Deal urban regeneration projects around Suncheon Station using statistical data, received the highest scores.

The government joint evaluation, recognized as the most credible among annual local government assessments, evaluates comprehensive administrative performance across all fields of local administration for 234 basic local governments nationwide.

Suncheon City’s maintenance of the top position for three consecutive years indicates that the various policies promoted throughout the city administration, focusing on completing an ecological economy city during the 7th elected term, are at the highest national level.

Suncheon City, selected as the best institution this time, will receive a financial incentive of 200 million KRW and a reward of 25 million KRW.

Furthermore, Suncheon City was selected as an excellent basic local government in this year’s architectural administration evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, proving the reliability of Suncheon’s architectural administration.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon said, “The excellent results in this year’s government joint evaluation are the result of prioritizing field and citizen-centered administration and the joint efforts of public officials and citizens. I hope this news brings some comfort to citizens amid the difficult COVID-19 situation, and the secured financial incentives will be used in areas that can provide practical help to citizens, such as job creation and local economic recovery.”

Suncheon City is accelerating its busy schedule to protect citizens’ stable lives in the post-COVID-19 era by conducting the ‘2021 Work Report’ over two days on the 15th and 16th of last month.

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