Under Current Government, Reduction of 32 Local Public Institutions 'Largest Ever'

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that, as a result of a comprehensive review of the structural reform sector of local public institution innovation being promoted as part of national tasks, 32 institutions have completed reductions.

Structural reform is being promoted by categorizing it into ▲merging or consolidating institutions with overlapping business areas or underperforming institutions, ▲adjusting similar or overlapping functions such as coordinating projects that are more efficiently carried out through integration between institutions, ▲and reorganizing private competitive projects by transferring or entrusting projects deemed more effective to be promoted by the private sector.

First, institution mergers have been completed for 32 institutions in 9 local governments including Chungnam and Daegu (planned: 49 institutions) since the current government took office. In addition to institution mergers, 464 cases have been completed, including 65 cases of function adjustments between institutions, 394 cases of function adjustments within institutions, and 5 cases of collaboration between other local governments and institutions. Regarding the reorganization of private competitive projects, 11 cases have been completed, such as entrusting the recycling sorting center of the Pohang City Facility Management Corporation to the private sector.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has strengthened the autonomy of local governments from the planning stage to support the establishment of region-customized plans for efficient institutional structural reform under the current government. In addition, voluntary participation of local governments is supported by providing financial incentives (incentives, 10 billion KRW) to excellent local governments.

Minister of the Interior and Safety, Sang-min Lee, said, “Innovation in local public institutions is directly linked to the quality of public services, so the Ministry of the Interior and Safety will continue to actively support the innovation and performance creation of local public institutions to ensure residents can enjoy a convenient daily life.”

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