Yeongdeok-gun Achieves Grade 3 in Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation of Public Institutions This Year

Great achievement in 12 years through special anti-corruption and integrity measures

Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, reclaimed the third grade in the comprehensive integrity rating for the first time since 2012 in the '2024 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation' announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 19th.

This year's comprehensive integrity evaluation, conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on 716 institutions including central administrative agencies, local governments, education offices, and public-related organizations, measured integrity perception (survey 60 points) and integrity efforts (performance 40 points) based on surveys, anti-corruption performance and efforts, and deducted points for corruption incident occurrences (10 points) through a corruption status evaluation.

Yeongdeok-gun had remained at grades 4 to 5 annually since 2012, but in this evaluation, it received high scores in the external perception by civil petitioners measuring administrative effectiveness, achieving the third grade for the first time in 12 years.

As a drastic measure to overcome the lowest grade in the integrity evaluation, the county established anti-corruption and integrity policies this year with three major strategies and 18 detailed strategic tasks, and through various efforts such as integrity campaigns, building integrity governance, operating external auditors, and holding integrity workshops for public officials, it achieved this result.

Additionally, to strengthen communication with internal staff, the county held integrity talk shows with the head of the institution, engaging in sincere conversations on the theme of integrity, making strenuous efforts to spread an integrity culture.

County Governor Kim Gwang-yeol said, “The result of this integrity evaluation is thanks to the efforts of the residents, public officials, and related organizations working together with one heart and mind to practice integrity,” and added, “We will not be satisfied with the result but will continuously implement permanent and sustainable integrity policies to create a trustworthy and clean public service culture for the residents.”

Yeongdeok County Office.

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