Gwangju City Receives 'Highest' Government Innovation Evaluation by Ministry of the Interior and Safety

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that it received the "Highest (Excellent) Grade" in the 2020 Local Government Government Innovation Evaluation conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The Government Innovation Evaluation assesses 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan, 226 basic) across five areas and 14 indicators: autonomous innovation, inclusive administration, participation and cooperation, trusted government, and innovation diffusion and public perception. The evaluation is conducted through an "expert-centered government innovation evaluation team" and a "public evaluation team," assessing innovation performance for each indicator.

The evaluation results are categorized into three grades?"Excellent," "Average," and "Insufficient"?based on the comprehensive innovation performance of each indicator. Local governments with an excellent grade receive financial incentives such as special grants and awards.

At the beginning of the year, Gwangju set innovation directions including ▲ innovation that citizens feel through participation and cooperation ▲ digital-based innovation to enhance citizen convenience and administrative productivity ▲ innovation that supplements and expands government policies such as COVID-19 response. The city finalized the government innovation implementation plan through the Gwangju Innovation Promotion Committee and the Public-Private Innovation Council, and promoted intensive administrative innovation by operating a focused innovation task force (T/F).

In 2021, Gwangju plans to continue strong innovation measures by supplementing unfinished tasks to secure execution power for previous administrative innovation recommendations, centered on the Gwangju Innovation Promotion Committee and the Gwangju innovation promotion system.

Kim Jong-hyo, Deputy Mayor for Administration, stated, "Despite the difficult situation of COVID-19, our city achieved excellent innovation performance in the government innovation evaluation thanks to the innovation leadership of the head of the institution who received a perfect score and the proactive response of city officials to change and innovation without fear." He added, "Next year, we will continue to promote citizen-centered administrative innovation by reflecting diverse opinions from all walks of life in city administration to achieve innovations that citizens can feel."

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