Seongbuk-gu Achieves 'Excellent' Grade in 2020 Government Joint Evaluation

Received Excellent Ratings on 33 Indicators... Increased Goal Achievement Compared to Previous Year... Secured 20 Million KRW Financial Incentive

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) received an excellent grade (Grade A) from Seoul City in the '2020 Government Joint Evaluation' conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The '2020 Government Joint Evaluation' is an assessment conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the performance of national delegated tasks, national subsidy projects, and major national policies in 2019 across 17 metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide, based on indicators aligned with five major national goals.

Based on the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's evaluation results of Seoul City, Seoul City conducted a performance evaluation of its 25 autonomous districts. Among the 51 quantitative indicators subject to evaluation, Seongbuk-gu achieved target attainment in 33 indicators (64.7%), showing an improvement compared to last year's 57.5% target attainment rate.

Additionally, immediately after last year's evaluation, the district established countermeasures for indicators with unsatisfactory results and continuously made efforts through ongoing education and meetings for the indicator managers, earning high scores in the evaluation preparation efforts category as well.

In particular, the district showed strengths in various fields such as ▲direct sales performance of agricultural products ▲provision of elderly care services ▲priority purchase rate of social economy products ▲greenhouse gas reduction efforts ▲assignment of detailed addresses ▲conversion rate of irregular workers to regular workers, and received a financial incentive of 20 million KRW from Seoul City.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “We were able to receive a good evaluation as a result of actively promoting work and doing our best in administrative services for residents,” and added, “We will continue to make further efforts so that the achievements of administration can return to the residents as a more prosperous life.”

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