Pocheon City Pursues 'Best Practices Benchmarking' Training for All Public Officials

Pocheon City (Mayor Kim Jong-cheon) has been implementing benchmarking training on domestic best practices since early July for all public officials as part of efforts to build a 'city of hope in Pocheon.'

Following the principle of 'seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times,' the initiative aims to visit the sites of excellent administrative systems and policies in other local governments, observe and experience their implementation firsthand, explore system improvements needed by citizens, and discover new innovative policies that can be creatively introduced.

The program runs through the end of August. After completing the site visits, officials will prepare policy discovery reports, followed by results presentation in October to select the best practices. Selected policies will be reflected and managed in next year's major projects, and outstanding public officials actively implementing the projects will also be identified.

Additionally, to foster a vibrant and dynamic organizational culture, the city is focusing on creating forums for active discussions among employees and sharing of pending matters. Through this effort, it plans to innovate the rigid public service culture, transition to dynamic communicative administration, and provide citizens with a platform for a hopeful city and a future full of happiness and promise.

Mayor Kim Jong-cheon of Pocheon City stated, "We will not remain in the present but strive to take a step further forward, dedicating ourselves to discovering system improvements and policies needed by our citizens," reaffirming the public sector's commitment to leading these efforts.