Gangbuk-gu to Become a 'Cheongnyeom First District'... Establishing Comprehensive Measures to Improve Integrity

Selection of Four Major Tasks Including Establishment of Public-Private Cooperation System... Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Achieves Grade 2 in Public Institution Integrity Evaluation for Two Consecutive Years, Aiming for Grade 1 This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangbuk-gu (District Mayor Park Gyeom-su) has established a new "Comprehensive Plan for Improving District Government Integrity" for 2021 and will implement various integrity policies.

The goal is to achieve a Grade 1 rating in the Public Institution Integrity Evaluation conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Gangbuk-gu received a Grade 2 overall integrity rating for two consecutive years in 2019 and 2020, which is the highest rating among basic local governments nationwide.

To ensure smooth implementation, the district selected four tasks: ▲ Establishing a public-private cooperation system ▲ Strengthening anti-corruption internal capabilities ▲ Creating an honest public service culture ▲ Activating corruption and public interest reporting systems.

First, for grievance investigation and handling as well as integrity contract target projects, a citizen participation ombudsman will be appointed, and in the field of integrity policy promotion, an audit advisory committee will be established to build a public-private cooperation system that reflects the opinions of residents and external experts.

To strengthen anti-corruption internal capabilities, the district has also established systems such as a "voluntary internal handling system" to prevent administrative errors or fraud that may occur during work processes in advance, and a "corruption risk diagnosis for senior officials," where employees evaluate organizational corruption risks and individual integrity of executives.

Additionally, the district continuously monitors compliance with the public officials' code of conduct and conducts corruption impact assessments on autonomous regulations.

In the area of creating an honest public service culture, internal integrity is enhanced through Integrity Life Check Days, Gangbuk Integrity self-diagnosis, and mandatory integrity education completion systems.

Externally, the district operates a "Clean Call" survey targeting civil petitioners and plans to utilize the results for work improvement.

Furthermore, to activate corruption and public interest reporting systems, various channels will be established. These include a Public Officials' Misconduct Reporting Center, an Audit Officer Hotline and Clean Reporting Center, and a Subcontracting Misconduct Reporting Center. An anonymous reporting system for public service corruption accessible via PC and smartphones has been set up so that anyone can safely report public service corruption.

Park Gyeom-su, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, stated, "The reason we were able to achieve excellent results in public institution integrity for two consecutive years is because we have continuously strived to realize an administration trusted by residents." He added, "We will not be complacent and will do our best to further supplement and strengthen integrity policies so that factors causing corruption can be eliminated."

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