Safety Management 'Failing Grade' Public Enterprises to Conduct Midterm Evaluation of Improvement Tasks This Month

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Son Seonhee] The government announced on the 3rd that it plans to conduct an early mid-term evaluation starting this month for 33 public institutions that received a failing grade of '4th grade or below' in the recent public institution safety management grading system assessment. The purpose is to promptly check the implementation status of recommended tasks for safety management improvement.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance stated in a related press release that a joint government evaluation team will be formed to conduct a mid-term inspection targeting public institutions with low safety management grades. The target institutions are the 33 organizations that received a grade of 4 or below in the 'Public Institution Safety Management Grading System' assessment announced on the 26th of last month.

Evaluations will be conducted this month for a total of 18 institutions, including the Korea Radio Promotion Association and Korea University of Technology and Education, which received the lowest grade (5th grade), and Korea Coal Corporation, Korea Midland Power, and Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, which received a 4-2 grade. The 15 institutions that received a 4-1 grade, including Incheon Port Authority, Korea Airports Corporation, Korea South-East Power, Korea Expressway Corporation, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Korea Water Resources Corporation, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Railroad Corporation, and Korea Land & Housing Corporation, will be evaluated next month.

Considering experience in safety evaluation, the head of the evaluation working group was appointed as the Director of Public Institution Evaluation at the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, and the deputy head was appointed as the safety evaluation director from the Korea Land Safety Management Institute and the National Research Safety Management Headquarters, respectively.

The evaluation criteria will be whether the institutions have implemented the improvement tasks recommended by the private expert review panel during the safety management grading assessment. The evaluation team plans to hold a joint safety inspection meeting with relevant ministries around the end of this month after on-site verification and plenary meetings.

Additionally, the government plans to reflect the safety management grading results in the management evaluations of public enterprises and quasi-governmental institutions starting next year. It also plans to promote institutional improvements to allow the safety management grading results to be reflected in the evaluation of government-funded research institutions.

The government stated, "We will support ensuring the independence of the joint evaluation team to the maximum extent possible so that fair and strict inspection and evaluation can be conducted."

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