Hwaseong City Selected as an Excellent Institution in the 'Local Government Innovation Evaluation' for 4 Consecutive Years

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 27th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the '2023 Local Government Innovation Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. Accordingly, Hwaseong City set a record by being selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years in this evaluation.

The Local Government Innovation Evaluation is an assessment that selects local governments that have created innovation achievements that residents can feel, targeting 243 local governments nationwide. The evaluation was conducted based on 10 indicators in three categories: ▲innovation capability ▲innovation performance ▲public perception.

The city received excellent ratings in most indicators, including ▲innovation leadership of the head of the institution ▲autonomous innovation of the institution ▲policy-making for resident communication ▲activation of public-private cooperation ▲improvement of public services ▲innovation in working methods and organizational culture ▲public perception evaluation.

In particular, Hwaseong City received high praise for establishing the Hwaseong-type child pedestrian safety service, the first in the nation to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), reducing the risk of child traffic accidents, and for promoting pet registration using biometric patterns (nose patterns), among various innovative policies.

The city also established the nation’s first AI-based digital road management system utilizing public transportation and simplified work procedures by introducing the Hwaseong City multi-child mobile app card through administrative collaboration.

Jung Myung-geun, mayor of Hwaseong City, said, "We will strive to make Hwaseong City a place where anyone wants to live through transformed innovative administration suitable for Hwaseong City."

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