Last Year's Government Performance Evaluation... Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Public Procurement Service, and Korea Forest Service 'Excellent'

Ministry of Agriculture Achieves Record-High Agro-Food Exports
Korea Forest Service Minimizes Wildfire Damage and Reduces Landslide Losses

Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs received excellent evaluations in all four categories: major policies, regulatory innovation, government innovation, and policy communication. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries received excellent evaluations in three categories, while at the vice-ministerial level, the Korea Forest Service and the Public Procurement Service received the highest evaluations.

On the morning of the 21st, the Office for Government Policy Coordination reported the "2024 Government Performance Evaluation Results" at the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Complex Seoul, presided over by Prime Minister and Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who is also the Minister of Economy and Finance.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, which received excellent evaluations in all four categories, achieved record-high agricultural and food exports last year and made improvements in farmland use regulations.

Following them, the Ministry of Science and ICT, which established a system to foster innovation-driven research and development (R&D) and create new growth engines; the Ministry of Employment and Labor, which actively promoted work-family balance policies such as enhanced childcare support; and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, which supported the export industrialization of marine fisheries, all received excellent evaluations in three categories.

At the vice-ministerial level, the Public Procurement Service, which introduced the Public Procurement Guide to provide customized consulting for novice companies, and the Korea Forest Service, which minimized forest fire damage and reduced landslide damage, received excellent evaluations in all four categories.

Additionally, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, which improved regulations related to health functional food transactions, and the Rural Development Administration, which developed a new variety of powdered rice and improved organizational culture based on member feedback, received excellent evaluations in three categories.

Performance results by category and areas needing improvement or supplementation will be disclosed to the public through the Government Performance Evaluation Committee website and other channels.

Meanwhile, this evaluation assessed the performance of 46 central administrative agencies last year across five categories: major policies, collaboration, regulatory innovation, government innovation, and policy communication. To ensure objectivity and fairness, 217 private experts participated in the evaluation, and a public satisfaction survey was conducted with 39,094 citizens, whose feedback was also reflected.

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