Local Government Productivity Award 'Encouragement Prize' Winner

Muan County (Governor Kim San) received the Encouragement Award in the Productivity Index evaluation of the "10th Local Government Productivity Awards 2020." (Photo by Muan County)

Muan County (Governor Kim San) received the Encouragement Award in the Productivity Index evaluation of the "10th Local Government Productivity Awards 2020." (Photo by Muan County)

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 23rd that it received the Encouragement Award in the productivity index evaluation of the '10th Local Government Productivity Awards 2020.'


This proves numerically that the productivity and capacity of Muan County's 7th term autonomous administration have improved the quality of administrative services. In particular, it received the highest S grade in seven categories including debt ratio, number of lifelong education facilities, number of kindergarten teachers, and safety index (living, suicide, traffic culture).


Governor Kim San said, "Being selected as an excellent institution in the Productivity Awards evaluation clearly demonstrates the high efficiency of county administration and the capabilities of public officials who continuously develop, which is very meaningful," and added, "I hope that the residents, exhausted physically and mentally due to COVID-19, will see the future and hope of Muan through this evaluation result and find comfort."


The Local Government Productivity Awards evaluation is conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Productivity Center (KPC) to measure local governments' efforts and capabilities to improve residents' quality of life and public services from a productivity perspective, aiming to promote local administrative productivity improvement and competitiveness enhancement.



Every year, awards have been given to the top 10 cities, counties, and districts, and Muan County was selected as an excellent institution for the first time in five years since 2015.


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