Retired Public Officials' Social Contribution Projects Expanded to 45 This Year: "On-site Public Officials' Grievance Counseling"

Increasing Utilization of Retired Personnel from 321 to 371
Focused Promotion of 'Visiting Psychological Counseling Service' and More

Social contribution activities utilizing the expertise and experience of retired public officials will expand from the existing 39 projects to 45 projects this year. In particular, retired public officials are expected to be actively deployed in projects such as counseling field public officials on their difficulties and preventing telephone financial crimes.

The Ministry of Personnel Management announced on the 12th that it will expand and promote the "2024 Retired Public Officials Social Contribution Project" to strategically utilize retired personnel in response to the low birthrate and aging society.

The plan is to expand from the existing 39 projects with 321 personnel to 45 projects with 371 personnel, focusing on areas where the experience of the person in charge is important, such as responding to unique civil complaints and disaster safety management. Through this, the project will focus on areas such as the "Visiting Psychological Counseling Service" that counsels field public officials on their difficulties in responding to unique civil complaints, and the "Financial Crime Prevention Officer" for preventing telephone financial crimes in the disaster safety management sector.

The "Retired Public Officials Social Contribution Project" has been implemented since 2017 to provide services in various public sectors based on the expertise of retired public officials.

The Ministry of Personnel Management stated that it has made efforts to resolve administrative blind spots by utilizing the expertise of retired public officials, mainly in areas that directly interact with the public. For example, last August, through the "Specialized Case Management Team for Crisis Households" in Nam-gu, Daegu City, the life of a single-person household resident who was on the verge of dying alone was saved, and a retired public official who was in charge of X-ray examination interpretation was assigned to the Korea Customs Service at Incheon Airport, increasing the detection of narcotics.

Kim Seung-ho, head of the Ministry of Personnel Management, said, "We will continue to promote various social contribution projects in areas where the public can feel the impact, such as civil complaint response," and added, "We will strive to ensure that the expertise and experience of retired public officials are delivered more effectively to the public."

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