Deputy Minister of Environment: "Reviewing Expansion of Promotion Quotas for Outstanding Agencies Through Performance Evaluation"

Im Sang-jun, Vice Minister of Environment, stated on the 7th, "We plan to review a system that allocates more promotion quotas to outstanding institutions through performance evaluations of each regional environmental office and affiliated agencies."

Vice Minister Im made this remark at the 2nd Red Team meeting held at the Seoul Hangang Flood Control Office on the morning of the same day. The idea is to drive innovation within the ministry through principles of reward and personnel management based on performance and ability. The Red Team was newly established in July to discover innovative ideas related to the Ministry of Environment’s duties and issues.

Vice Minister Im said, "We will hold an executive workshop in mid-September to discuss the future direction of environmental policy and ways to innovate work processes," adding, "We will also create opportunities for communication with executives and staff at frontline sites such as watershed and regional environmental offices."

Im Sang-jun, Vice Minister of Environment, is presiding over a Red Team meeting to discover innovative ideas regarding the Ministry of Environment's responsibilities and issues, held on the 7th at the Hangang Flood Control Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

He also emphasized the role of the Ministry of Environment by saying, "The environment is also one of the wheels for national prosperity," and "It must roll properly by moving in the same direction and at the same speed as the other wheels."

About 20 people, including key directors, section chiefs, and administrative officers, attended the meeting to focus on the path dependency of the Ministry of Environment’s policies.

A related official who attended the meeting said, "Because we have been accustomed to command-and-control regulations introduced during times when environmental quality was poor, policies that are disconnected from rapidly changing social conditions have been produced out of habit," adding, "The majority of opinions emphasized the need to boldly discard outdated policy maps and prepare new ones that align with changes in the market and science."

Specifically, recent improvement plans for the Environmental Impact Assessment system, single-use product regulations, and work innovation measures were major topics of discussion.

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