Gyeongbuk Sports Association for the Disabled Named Top Institution in Comprehensive Integrity Among 23 Funded and Supported Organizations

On December 8, Gyeongbuk Province held an awards ceremony in the multipurpose hall of the provincial government building to honor outstanding institutions in the "2025 Gyeongbuk Province Funded, Supported, and Subsidized Institutions Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation."

The comprehensive integrity evaluation has been conducted since 2021 for affiliated public institutions, aiming to assess each institution’s level of integrity and to diagnose and improve factors that may cause corruption.

Officials from public institutions funded and supported by Gyeongbuk Province, who achieved excellent results in overall integrity ratings, are taking a commemorative photo together after the awards ceremony.

The evaluation combines results from external perception, internal perception, integrity efforts, and corruption status assessments. Based on the total score, institutions are graded from Grade 1 to Grade 5.

At the awards ceremony, nine top institutions among the 23 funded, supported, and subsidized organizations under Gyeongbuk Province that achieved Grade 1 or Grade 2 in the comprehensive integrity evaluation were selected. Awards were presented to one institution for the highest excellence, one for excellence, and seven for encouragement.

The Gyeongbuk Sports Association for the Disabled, selected as the highest excellence institution, achieved Grade 1 in comprehensive integrity. It also received Grade 1 in internal integrity, Grade 2 in external integrity, and Grade 2 in integrity efforts, scoring highly across all evaluation criteria.

The Gyeongbuk Transportation Culture Training Institute, which also received Grade 1 in comprehensive integrity, was selected as the excellence institution. The seven institutions that received Grade 2 in comprehensive integrity-Gyeongbuk Technopark, Gyeongbuk Culture and Tourism Organization, Gyeongbuk Agricultural Food Distribution and Education Promotion Agency, Gyeongbuk Economic Promotion Agency, Gyeongbuk Women's Policy Development Institute, Gyeongbuk Research Institute, and Gyeongbuk Talent Lifelong Education Foundation-were recognized as encouragement institutions.

Since the introduction of the integrity evaluation for funded and supported institutions in 2021, the overall integrity scores have shown a continuous upward trend, indicating that a culture of integrity is taking root within Gyeongbuk Province’s public institutions.

Kim Hak-hong, Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs of Gyeongbuk Province, stated, "Efforts to foster a culture of integrity in funded and supported institutions are the foundation for improving Gyeongbuk Province’s overall integrity. The basis of trust in institutions is integrity, and I ask for your continued interest and efforts in this regard."

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