Seongbuk-gu Selected as an Excellent Institution for Two Consecutive Years in the 2020 Local Government Innovation Evaluation

Public Recruitment of National Evaluation Panel and Expert Panel to Assess Efforts and Achievements for Regional Innovation ▲Institution Head's Innovation Leadership and Participation in Innovation Projects ▲Autonomous Innovation Tasks ▲Efforts to Strengthen Social Value ▲Resident Participation and Activation of Local Autonomy Based on 12 Indicator Supporting Data

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Seung-ro Lee, photo) has achieved the great feat of being selected as an excellent institution for two consecutive years in the ‘2020 Local Government Innovation Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s Innovation Evaluation assesses the efforts and achievements for regional innovation among 243 local governments nationwide. It is conducted based on 12 indicators within three major categories: ▲Autonomous Innovation ▲Innovation Performance ▲Innovation Diffusion and Public Perception, including the head of institution’s innovation leadership and participation in innovation projects, autonomously promoted innovation tasks, efforts to strengthen social values, resident participation, and revitalization of resident autonomy.

An official from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety stated, “To ensure objectivity and fairness in this evaluation, a public recruitment of a citizen evaluation group was conducted, and the evaluation was carried out together with an expert evaluation group, making the selection particularly significant.”

Seongbuk-gu, entering the second year of the 7th elected administration, has been striving to eliminate blind spots in public services through on-site services reaching residents’ lives. It was evaluated for its achievements such as operating the nation’s first pilot resident autonomy association neighborhood, expanding resident autonomy associations to all neighborhoods based on accumulated know-how, and turning the voices of local residents into policies that solve problems.

In addition, reflecting the characteristics of Seongbuk-gu, which has abundant historical and cultural resources and actively promotes various cultural and artistic projects, the ‘Seongbuk Village Archive Project’ was launched to record changes in villages that show the identity of the region. The ‘Future 100 Years Seongbuk Declaration,’ which drew a blueprint for the future together with residents, and the 2020 value-centered work system reorganization were also promoted. Seongbuk-gu has achieved various innovations in daily life both internally and externally.

Seung-ro Lee, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, expressed, “Based on the administrative experience starting from the small daily lives of residents at the beginning of the 7th elected administration, in 2021 we will come closer to residents’ lives and create a closer neighborhood, a more comfortable community, and a happy Seongbuk by resolving inconveniences through administration.”

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