Daegu City Selected as an 'Excellent Institution' in Local Government Innovation Evaluation for 4 Consecutive Years

Administrative Innovation Efforts Recognized for Achievements

Daegu City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Daegu City has been selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years in the local government innovation evaluation.

On the 10th, Daegu City announced that it was the only metropolitan city to be selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years in the ‘2021 Local Government Innovation Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The innovation evaluation assesses 243 local governments nationwide on 14 indicators across five categories: institutional autonomous innovation, participation and cooperation, inclusive administration, trusted government, and public perception.

To ensure fair and objective judgment, the evaluation involved the ‘Local Government Innovation Evaluation Team’ composed of experts and the ‘Public Evaluation Team’ recruited from the general public.

Daegu City received excellent evaluations for its innovation efforts toward the future in three major directions: administrative innovation, industrial structure innovation, and spatial innovation, particularly in organizational culture innovation and policy achievements through expanded resident participation.

As a key example of organizational culture innovation, Daegu received high marks for operating the first-ever local government ‘Voice Automatic Transcription System’ and the ‘Civil Complaint Analysis and Forecast System’ for proactive civil complaint response, creating a smart work environment, and improving organizational culture through the operation of the employees’ innovation group ‘Young Solution.’

The ‘Disaster Information Smart Work System,’ developed in-house to automate repetitive tasks and the collection and classification of complex data, attracted significant attention from the evaluation team as an achievement in improving work methods.

Additionally, initiatives such as the Daegu Citizen Roundtable, Regional Problem-Solving Platform, and Youth Policy Network Project encouraged citizen participation in various ways and demonstrated policy achievements, earning excellent scores in the indicators for expanded citizen participation and policy realization.

Kwon Young-jin, Mayor of Daegu, said, “Based on the innovation achievements Daegu has shown so far, we will discover unique and field-centered policies exclusive to Daegu to build a strong Daegu for its citizens.”

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