Changwon Special City Selected as an 'Excellent Institution' in Comprehensive Active Administration Evaluation

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 22nd that it has been selected as an excellent institution in the ‘2023 Local Government Proactive Administration Comprehensive Evaluation’ conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

With this achievement, Changwon Special City has had the honor of being the only city in the province to be selected as an excellent institution three consecutive times since the comprehensive evaluation began, excluding 2021 when no separate evaluation was conducted due to COVID-19.

The Proactive Administration Comprehensive Evaluation was conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety targeting 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan and 226 basic local governments). Last year, five major categories and 18 indicators including ▲establishment of proactive administration promotion plans ▲institutional efforts ▲system utilization ▲best practices and citizen perception were comprehensively evaluated, and 72 local governments in the top 30% were selected as excellent institutions.

Based on the ‘2023 Proactive Administration Implementation Plan’ consisting of 11 core tasks under five major promotion strategies, the city piloted a proactive administration mileage system to enhance the willingness to practice proactive administration within public service, and was recognized for efforts to spread a culture of proactive administration by communicating with citizens, such as selecting excellent cases and public officials through citizens’ online voting participation.

In particular, the case of ‘shortening the investigation period for households in welfare blind spots to establish a seamless welfare support network’ received favorable evaluations for implementing proactive and practical welfare administration.

Mayor Hong Nampyo said, “Being selected as the only excellent institution in the province for three consecutive times in the comprehensive evaluation is the result of the passion and efforts of all employees who participated in spreading the culture of proactive administration,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to promote proactive administration that brings direct changes and happiness to citizens’ daily lives based on creativity and expertise, breaking away from conventional tasks and regulatory frameworks in the rapidly changing administrative environment.”

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