Paju-si Achieves Grade 2 in 2024 Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation

‘Achieving Empathetic and Trusted Integrity Administration’ Shines with Results

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 23rd that it achieved a grade 2 (Excellent), one level higher than the previous year, in the '2024 Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation' announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 19th.

Paju City Achieves Grade 2 (Excellent) in the 2024 Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation. Provided by Paju City

This evaluation was conducted by measuring the perceived integrity through surveys targeting external stakeholders and internal employees, and comprehensively reflecting the institution's anti-corruption improvement efforts and the occurrence status of corruption incidents.

After analyzing the 2023 evaluation results, Paju City designated 2024 as the inaugural year for 'Realizing an Empathetic and Trusted Integrity Paju,' established the 'Integrity Paju Refresh' action plan, and has been focusing on implementing three major strategies and 26 policies.

In particular, this year, efforts were concentrated on improving external perception by expanding visiting integrity communication meetings focused on areas with low perception and strengthening integrity campaigns. These efforts led to significant improvement in the integrity perception score through enhanced awareness and cultural diffusion of integrity.

Mayor Kim Kyung-il of Paju said, “This achievement is the result of all employees and citizens working together with one mind to improve integrity over the past year,” and added, “We will continue to build ‘Integrity City Paju’ based on integrity and trust.”

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