Seodaemun-gu Achieves Seoul City's Highest Grade (S) in the 2020 Government Joint Evaluation

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) achieved the highest grade of S in the 2020 Government Joint Evaluation conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The Government Joint Evaluation is a system in which the Ministry of the Interior and Safety jointly evaluates national delegated tasks, national subsidy projects, and major national policies performed by local governments together with related central administrative agencies.

To measure the performance of the government's five major national goals?‘a government where the people are the owners, an economy where we live well together, a state that takes responsibility for my life, evenly developing regions, and a peaceful and prosperous Korean Peninsula’?detailed indicators by sector were developed, and the achievement levels of indicators for 17 cities and provinces nationwide are evaluated.

Seoul City evaluated the 25 autonomous districts with S, A, and B grades by summing the achievement levels and preparation efforts for quantitative indicators to encourage active participation and performance improvement in this government joint evaluation.

Seodaemun-gu achieved targets in 36 indicators including activation of big data utilization, social economy priority purchase rate, discovery and improvement of regulatory difficulties, elderly care service provision rate, community dementia management rate, and public daycare center usage rate, and was recognized for preparation efforts such as actively discovering excellent cases, resulting in selection for the highest grade, S.

Accordingly, the district will receive a special grant of 40 million won as a financial incentive from Seoul City.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, stated, “Various policies and efforts promoted since the 5th elected term are showing good evaluation results. Although it is a difficult time due to the novel coronavirus infection, we will further focus administrative capabilities so that residents can feel the achievements of the district administration.”

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