Gyeonggi Province Expands Public Institution Executive Confirmation Hearing Targets from 6 to 12 Organizations

Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly held their first policy coordination meeting at the Provincial Government Complex situation room on the 11th, agreeing to expand 'public institution executive confirmation hearing targets' from the current 6 organizations to 12 organizations.

In addition, to strengthen the expertise of the provincial assembly secretariat, 12 term-limited civil servants will be newly appointed in the first half of this year. The standing committees will also adopt a motion this month to promote the name change of the Seoul Outer Ring Expressway to 'Metropolitan Ring Expressway.'

Ahead of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly's extraordinary session on the 12th, the policy coordination meeting held to pre-discuss major agenda items such as ordinance bills included discussions on a total of 7 items proposed by the province and provincial assembly, including: ▲detailed operational plan for the policy coordination meeting, ▲expansion of public institution executive confirmation hearing targets ▲promotion of Seoul Outer Ring Expressway name change ▲amendment to personnel ordinances following 2019 Gyeonggi Province standard personnel expenses notification ▲organizational expansion and expertise strengthening of the provincial assembly secretariat ▲education office cooperation projects (school indoor gymnasium construction).

First, the policy coordination meeting agreed to expand 'public institution executive confirmation hearing targets' from the current 6 organizations to 12 organizations.

The plan is to streamline procedures by consolidating the dual-structured executive confirmation hearings currently divided into 'ethics' and 'policy verification' into a 'policy verification' focus, while conducting thorough personnel vetting by raising the public institution executive confirmation hearing targets to approximately 50 percent of all institutions.

However, the scope of documents to be submitted in advance by public institution executives will be finalized through further discussion.

Agreement was also reached on expanding the provincial assembly secretariat personnel.

During the first half of this year, 12 term-limited civil servants will be assigned to the provincial assembly secretariat to strengthen expertise.

Additionally, it was decided to convert two Grade 4 and two Grade 5 positions annually to open and term-limited positions.

The policy coordination meeting also agreed that the name 'Seoul Outer Ring Expressway' could implant negative perceptions of 'outer,' 'outskirts' among provincial residents, and decided to have the standing committees adopt a motion this month to promote the name change to 'Metropolitan Ring Expressway.'

The common agenda item 'detailed operational plan for the policy coordination meeting' was also finalized.

The policy coordination meeting will hold a 'regular session' on the first day of each regular and extraordinary session of the provincial assembly to discuss major agenda items.

When necessary, 'ad hoc sessions' will be held upon mutual agreement of the co-chairs.

To maximize meeting efficiency, the policy coordination meeting will identify and exchange agenda items 10 days before each meeting, submit review opinions three days in advance, and conduct sufficient pre-review of major agenda items.

Additionally, the policy coordination meeting agreed to actively cooperate with municipalities and the provincial education office to ensure smooth promotion of projects such as school indoor gymnasium construction.

Meanwhile, the province plans to proceed with discussions on the 'amendment to personnel ordinances following 2019 Gyeonggi Province standard personnel expenses notification' that will increase provincial civil servant positions from the existing 12,892 to 13,792, an increase of 900 positions.

The policy coordination meeting held at the Provincial Government Complex situation room this afternoon was attended by a total of 26 people, including co-chairs Lee Hwa-young, Deputy Governor for Peace, and Yeom Jong-hyun, Democratic Party representative member, 12 members of the provincial executive, 9 members of the provincial assembly delegation, and 5 standing committee members related to current issues.

The 'Second Policy Coordination Meeting' is scheduled to be held on the 26th of next month at 2:30 p.m.