Yongsan-gu Establishes Active Administration Immunity Officer Position

Yongsan-gu Establishes and Introduces Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer

Protecting the Rights and Interests of Active Administration Officials from Disadvantageous Dispositions by Audit Agencies

Comprehensive Support Related to Immunity... Aiming to Foster a Working Public Service Atmosphere

The Second New Active Administration Encouragement System Introduced This Year

Yongsan-gu (Mayor Park Hee-young) has introduced the Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer system starting from the second half of this year.

This is to reduce the burden on employees who practice active administration by protecting public officials who perform their duties for the public interest from audit criticisms.

When a public official undergoes an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection or a higher-level agency as a result of promoting active administration, the Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer steps in to protect the rights and interests of the public official. However, there must be no intentional or gross negligence.

The district’s Audit Officer has been appointed as the Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer. The roles include ▲consultation on immunity procedures ▲review of immunity examination materials ▲attendance at immunity examinations ▲provision of legal information, etc. However, to receive support from the Immunity Protection Officer, the public official must first be approved for immunity recommendation by the Active Administration Committee.

Consultations cover all matters including immunity procedures, requirements, and preparation for examinations. Material review involves examining and advising on audit explanation materials prepared by the active administration public official from the submitter’s perspective. Attendance at immunity examinations means participating in the examination process through face-to-face or written statements to protect the applying public official. Additionally, necessary systems or legal information are provided to assist with immunity.

The district is establishing various systems to encourage active administration. Besides the newly introduced Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer, it supports active administration public officials through ▲pre-consultation (providing opinions before promoting active administration) ▲selection of outstanding active administration public officials (twice a year, 10 people) ▲active administration mileage (continuous point accumulation and reward withdrawal) systems.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “One reason public officials hesitate to become proactive is the heavy burden of audits,” and added, “Now, I hope our public officials can trust the Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer and carry out creative and proactive administration for the residents of Yongsan-gu.”

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