Gyeonggi-do Shines with Policy Proposals... Wins 'Presidential Award' in Ministry of the Interior and Safety Evaluation

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi-do was selected as the best institution for policy proposal activation and received the Presidential Award.

Gyeonggi-do announced on the 24th that it won the Presidential Award in the '2021 Proposal Activation Evaluation,' conducted annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety since 2011 to promote policy proposals from citizens and public officials and share excellent cases.

The province received consistently high scores in both quantitative and qualitative evaluations.

First, in the quantitative evaluation, the adoption rate was 24.2%, and the implementation rate was 38.2%, rising by 8.6 percentage points and 15.3 percentage points respectively compared to the previous year (15.6%, 22.9%).

Considering that the most difficult part of operating the proposal system is 'implementing it as an actual policy,' the significant improvement in the implementation rate is a meaningful achievement.

In the qualitative evaluation, efforts to activate proposals through multifaceted approaches such as operating an integrated window for discovering policy ideas from residents and public officials, conducting various contests, and proposal maturation were recognized.

The province has operated an integrated citizen participation window called 'Voice of Gyeonggi-do,' which guides citizens to programs they can participate in, such as proposals, petitions, initiatives, resident participation budgets, and civil complaints, all in one place, thereby improving accessibility for residents. Also, this year, a total of three proposal contests were held, and 17 proposals, including 'Efficiency improvement of administrative mail budget savings through encouraging the use of registered mail,' were adopted. By including online pre-voting and on-site evaluation in the screening process, citizen participation was increased.

In addition, the province operated a 'Proposal Maturation Team' to review proposals that were not adopted. This year, 12 rejected proposals were matured, and five were adopted, including 'Providing public restroom information through the Gyeonggi Bus Information app.'

Yoon Young-mi, the Vision Strategy Officer of the province, said, "This Presidential Award is the result of Gyeonggi-do's continuous reform of the proposal system to activate it." She added, "We will continue to seek ways to reflect the ideas of residents and public officials as much as possible."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi-do was also selected as an excellent institution in 2018 and received a commendation from the Minister of the Interior and Safety.

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