Geochang-gun Selected as 'Excellent Institution' for 3 Consecutive Years in Provincial Government Innovation Evaluation for the First Time

Evaluation of 12 Indicators Across 5 Areas: Institutional Autonomous Innovation, Inclusive Administration, Participation and Cooperation, Trusted Government, Innovation Diffusion and Public Perception

Geochang County Office Building Exterior (Photo by Geochang County)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, was selected as an "Excellent Institution" in the "2020 Local Government Government Innovation Evaluation" conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety targeting 243 local governments, becoming the first in the province to be recognized as an excellent institution for three consecutive years.

The local government innovation evaluation assesses the efforts and achievements of regional innovation by local governments nationwide. The evaluation was conducted by both a citizen evaluation group and a professional evaluation group across 12 indicators in 5 areas: institutional autonomous innovation, inclusive administration, participation and cooperation, trusted government, innovation diffusion, and public perception.

As part of the county's institutional autonomous innovation tasks, the operation of a mobile county office for innovation and empathy, the 2nd and 3rd projects following the first agricultural innovation for Geochang apples’ 90 years and new leap, and the establishment and operation of a proposal management system were cited as exemplary cases.

To realize inclusive administration, the county received high evaluations for the full dementia screening and operation of small-scale dementia safety centers, the nationwide first Geochang-type disaster relief fund, and small business disaster relief fund payments, demonstrating the head of the institution’s proactive will and preemptive response to the COVID-19 disaster.

In participation and cooperation, the county was recognized for promoting social innovation experiments (Living Lab projects), excellent performance in public resource opening and shared service evaluations, and winning the excellence award at the Gyeongnam Province public-private cooperation best practice sharing contest.

Gu In-mo, the county head of Geochang, stated, “As a result of all public officials working together to promote open innovation with residents, we have achieved the accomplishment of being selected as an excellent institution for three consecutive years. Next year, the county will establish a dedicated innovation department and create innovation outcomes that residents can feel, striving to become the ‘Innovation No. 1 Street’ for a greater leap forward for Geochang and an era of happiness for its citizens.”

Geochang-gun also achieved a grade 2 in institutional integrity, expanded the Government24 public service, and received positive responses for operating the Dongdang Dongdang Roundtable aimed at creating a cultural city, which was evaluated by the public.

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