Wanju-gun Wins Government Innovation Award for 5 Consecutive Years

Excellent in Autonomous Propulsion Innovation Projects and Efforts to Strengthen Social Value

[Wanju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho] Wanju County announced on the 10th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2021 Local Government Administrative Innovation Performance' evaluation.

With this, Wanju County became the first among 82 county-level regions in the Honam area to be selected as an excellent innovation institution for five consecutive years from 2017 to last year.

This evaluation was conducted fairly and objectively by the 'Local Government Innovation Evaluation Group' composed of private experts and the 'National Evaluation Group' involving general citizens, targeting five categories: autonomous innovation by local governments, participation and cooperation, inclusive administration, trusted administration, innovation diffusion, and public perception.

Wanju County scored 75.7 points, more than 12 points higher than the national average of 63.3 points among 82 county-level institutions nationwide, across nine indicators including leadership innovation by the head of the institution, organizational culture innovation, autonomous innovation tasks, efforts to strengthen social value, and activation of proactive administration.

In Jeonbuk Province, only three local governments including Wanju County were honored with awards: Gunsan City in city-level regions and Imsil County in county-level regions.

In last year's evaluation, Wanju County was praised for overall excellence in leadership innovation by the head of the institution and innovation support activities, as well as recognized for achievements in organizational culture innovation.

Regarding autonomous innovation tasks, efforts to actively respond to local issues, expand resident participation, and policy achievements were acknowledged, particularly for diversifying participation methods in the policy design process to solve regional problems.

Wanju County has actively pursued new growth industries such as the hydrogen economy, improved community quality of life through culture, Wanju-style participatory quarantine and proactive rapid quarantine, promotion of emotional travel city initiatives, and establishment of a self-sufficient city foundation.

Additionally, it seeks administration that communicates and empathizes with residents by integrating change and innovation in various fields such as expanding the resident participation budget system and public-private policy challenges in public service design.

Wanju=Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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