"Daejeon City Introduces Active Administration Immunity Officer to Foster a Working Public Service Atmosphere"

Daejeon City is introducing and operating the ‘Active Administration Immunity Protection Officer (hereinafter referred to as Immunity Protection Officer)’ system.

According to Daejeon City on the 15th, the Immunity Protection Officer system is introduced to protect public officials who practice active administration for the public interest from audit findings when they are audited by the Board of Audit and Inspection or higher authorities.

Daejeon City expects that by introducing this system to prevent public officials from being disadvantaged due to active administration, it will spread a culture of active administration within the public service and induce performance creation.

The Daejeon City Policy Planning Officer appointed as the Protection Officer plays a role in consulting on the immunity procedures, requirements, and preparation process for review regarding active administration acts without intentional or gross negligence.

In addition, the Protection Officer participates in the review process through face-to-face or written statements by reviewing the explanatory materials prepared by the concerned public official, and collaborates with the administrative litigation team when preparing audit documents such as immunity review applications to provide legal advice to active administration public officials through lawyer consultation.

Han Jong-tak, Daejeon City Policy Planning Officer, said, “It is most important to improve the perception that proactive administrative actions can rather become audit findings,” and added, “Daejeon City will continue to do its best to protect the rights and interests of public officials so that they can perform their duties proactively.”

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