Gwangyang City Holds Integrity Partner Discussion Meeting with Jeollanam-do

Commitment to Communication and Empathetic Administration for Building an Integrity-Based Public Service Society

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced that on the 23rd, it held an Integrity Partner Roundtable Meeting together with Jeollanam-do at the City Hall Disaster Safety Situation Room to realize a clean public service society.

This roundtable meeting provided an opportunity for senior officials from Jeollanam-do and Gwangyang City, who share a commitment to anti-corruption, to discuss various measures to improve integrity as Integrity Partners and work towards creating a 'Top Integrity' society.

The main discussion topics included ▲Analysis of the 2021 Integrity Evaluation Results ▲Sharing of Integrity Improvement Measures being implemented by each institution ▲Enhancement of fairness ▲Improvement of integrity-vulnerable areas and organizational culture, with conversations continuing for over an hour in a free atmosphere.

In particular, frontline public officials shared their on-site experience and know-how in actively addressing citizens' difficulties through initiatives such as visiting integrity consulting and shortening the processing period for permits and approvals.

Vice Mayor Joo Soon-seon stated, “I will take the lead with the mindset of 'starting with myself' to create a fair and transparent public service society, and by quickly adapting to changing environments, I will build a trustworthy Gwangyang City through clean and proactive administration.”

Meanwhile, the city annually invites professional instructors to provide anti-corruption and integrity education to all employees to cultivate integrity awareness, and operates external integrity consulting and an integrity mileage system to practice proactive and active integrity administration.

Furthermore, in the second half of the year, the city plans to hold a pledge ceremony for senior officials' commitment to integrity and employee communication roundtables to build intergenerational consensus on integrity, thereby realizing a clean organizational culture.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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