Yeongdeungpo-gu, Online Training for Public Officials on Asset Change Reporting

January 26 Property Change Reporting Training for Former Property Declaration Obligors and Public Office-Related Organization Officials... Using Onnara Video Conference System... Focus on How to Fill Out Change Report and Use PETI

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Chae Hyun-il) announced that it conducted the ‘2021 Regular Asset Change Report Education for Public Officials’ online on the 26th.

The ‘Public Officials Asset Change Report’ system is implemented to prevent illicit asset accumulation by public officials and to ensure fairness in the performance of their duties.

According to the ‘Public Officials Ethics Act,’ those obligated to register assets must annually report any changes in assets of themselves, their spouses, and their direct ascendants and descendants as of December 31 of the previous year.

This education was conducted in a non-face-to-face manner using the Onnara video conferencing system, focusing on instructions for filling out the asset change report form, how to use the Public Ethics System (PETI), and precautions including common mistakes, targeting those obligated to report assets and related personnel from public-related organizations.

Additionally, the program introduced asset registration and disclosure, refusal to notify, and other asset registration-related systems, and enhanced the educational effect by directly demonstrating the reporting method using the Public Ethics System.

The 2021 regular asset change report targets include ▲public officials of grade 4 or higher ▲local council members ▲public officials of grade 7 or higher in specific fields such as permits, hygiene, civil engineering, architecture, and taxation ▲executives of public-related organizations, totaling 259 people.

Furthermore, the district has set a concentrated reporting period until February 20 to encourage early reporting and plans to operate a system to ensure smooth and accurate reporting by managing those who were previously penalized for insincere reporting on a one-on-one basis.

If those obligated complete their asset change reports by March 2, the respective Public Officials Ethics Committees will review omissions in entries, errors in value aggregation, insincere registrations, and excessive asset fluctuations.

In mid-February, online education on asset change reporting for newly obligated registrants is planned, and at the end of March, asset changes of disclosure subjects such as the district mayor will be published in the official gazette.

Meanwhile, the district was selected as the best district in Seoul in the ‘Public Officials Ethics System Operation Evaluation’ conducted by the Ministry of Personnel Management last year, receiving high marks for activating the Public Officials Ethics Committee, forming a gift reporting evaluation team, and smoothly operating the gift reporting system.

Yeongdeungpo District Mayor Chae Hyun-il said, “Asset registration and disclosure by public officials is the top priority public ethics necessary to promote fair and transparent work performance,” adding, “We will continue to establish a thorough management system to ensure accurate and transparent asset registration reporting and do our best to create a more trustworthy and clean Yeongdeungpo.”

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