Suncheon City Selected as the Only Basic Local Government Recognized for Excellence in Audit

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 14th that it was the only excellent institution selected among nationwide basic local governments in the ‘2020 Internal Audit Contest’ conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection on the 7th.

The Board of Audit and Inspection has been conducting the ‘Internal Audit Contest’ since 2018 with the purpose of discovering excellent audit cases of internal audit organizations and providing opportunities for mutual development among internal audit organizations through awards and sharing.

In the ‘2020 Internal Audit Contest’ held in March targeting 637 public institutions including 37 central administrative agencies, 17 metropolitan local governments, 16 educational local governments, 68 basic local governments, and 499 public enterprises, Suncheon City submitted an excellent case of a special audit on subsidy projects.

From April to September, the Board of Audit and Inspection conducted a first preliminary review and a second expert review on audit cases applied by internal audit organizations, and through the third final presentation review (contest), confirmed 1 grand prize, 5 excellence awards, and 7 merit awards among 13 selected audit cases.

In particular, to ensure fairness and accuracy of the evaluation, Suncheon City was selected as an excellent award-winning institution ‘the only one among basic local governments’ through deliberation by a judging committee composed of internal and external audit experts and resolution by the Audit Committee.

An official from Suncheon City’s audit department stated, “Suncheon City has been recognized for its high audit capability through efforts such as self-publishing a local subsidy manual and issuing the Integrity Whistleblower to prevent subsidy misconduct,” adding, “In the future, we will activate support for proactive administration through preventive audits focusing on blind spots and pre-consulting rather than post-detection and punishment of various misconducts.”

Meanwhile, Suncheon City also won an excellence award in the Public Service Inspection Case Competition held last year by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, targeting 243 local governments nationwide.

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