Gyeonggi-do Significantly Strengthens Preventive Audits for Affiliated Organizations

Gyeonggi Province will significantly strengthen preventive audits of its affiliated public institutions.

On the 11th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it has established the "2024 Gyeonggi Province Public Institution Audit Basic Plan," which includes creating daily audit operation guidelines and conducting consulting on recruitment-related regulations to become a public institution more trusted by residents.

First, to "establish an internal control foundation for innovation and leap forward," Gyeonggi Province decided to focus on ▲fair and trusted preventive audits ▲rationalization of the operation system of internal audit organizations ▲and the spread of a culture of proactive administration through communication and participation.

To this end, in the first half of this year, it will produce and distribute standard daily audit operation guidelines and manuals for public institutions, and in the second half, it will provide customized training for daily audit practitioners at public institutions.

Now in its second year, the Public Institution Audit Council aims to become a "No.1 team beyond a One team" by jointly promoting improvements in shared vehicle management and measures to activate proactive administration after discussions at regular meetings in the first and second halves of the year. A small group meeting for close communication and cooperation will also be newly established to discuss audit issues and corruption-prone areas of each institution and support the development of solutions.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

In addition, excellent cases of proactive administration related to major provincial policy projects will be discovered and shared, and a new indicator related to proactive administration of public institutions will be added to the integrity evaluation indicators of public-related organizations.

Next, to achieve "continuous resident-centered audit innovation," Gyeonggi Province will focus on ▲strengthening the audit system based on residents' sovereignty ▲establishing a recruitment culture that guarantees fair opportunities for advancement ▲and reflecting residents' voices in rights protection and system improvement.

Resident auditors will support specialized fields such as information and communication, where public institution audit departments face difficulties in conducting internal audits, to help solve institutional problems. Preventive audits will be strengthened through consulting on recruitment-related regulations of public institutions. The system will be improved so that proactive administration is exempted from liability when implementing recommendations from the provincial ombudsman, thereby activating resident participation in the operation of audit organizations in public institutions.

Gyeonggi Province will also promote "audit administration that prepares for the future" by establishing a rapid and strict corruption response system and conducting audits that further enhance institutional performance.

It will institutionalize the practice of receiving an integrity pledge containing provisions such as prohibition of workplace harassment, prevention of conflicts of interest, and prohibition of improper solicitation when the head of a public institution signs a performance contract. The pledge will be disclosed on each institution’s website so that all residents can easily access it. Additionally, audits will be conducted on facility rentals and subsidy areas affiliated with public institutions to improve institutional performance.

Choi Eun-soon, Gyeonggi Province Auditor, said, "The true owners of public institutions are the residents, and we have established the basic audit plan to become a public institution trusted by residents." She added, "We will do our best to create better changes for residents through systematizing the audit system of public institutions."

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