Gyeonggi Province Announces 2019 Public Institution Management Evaluation Results... 'Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation Receives Grade A'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Hong Seong-gil] Gyeonggi Province conducted management evaluations on 18 public institutions, with the Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation receiving a Grade A rating.

According to the province on the 30th, the province held a meeting of the Gyeonggi Province Investment and Contribution Institution Operating Committee on the 21st and finalized the 2019 public institution management evaluation results.

As of the end of last year, there are a total of 25 public institutions in Gyeonggi Province. Among these, the Gyeonggi Urban Development Corporation, Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority, Gyeonggi Techno Park, Daejin Techno Park, which undergo separate government evaluations, Gyeonggi Stock Company, which has a provincial equity stake of less than 25%, and the Next-Generation Convergence Technology Research Institute, which was newly designated and announced as a local investment and contribution institution in July 2018, seven institutions were excluded from this evaluation. However, the Next-Generation Convergence Technology Research Institute underwent a pilot evaluation for preliminary consulting purposes in preparation for the 2020 management evaluation.

Looking at the evaluation results, only the Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation received a Grade A rating, 14 institutions including the Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation received Grade B, and three institutions including the Gyeonggi Welfare Foundation, Gyeonggi Medical Center, and World Cup Stadium Management Foundation received Grade C.

Compared to last year, Grade A decreased from three institutions to one, Grade B increased from 12 institutions to 14, and Grade C also increased from two institutions to three.

A provincial official stated, "To strengthen the public nature of public institutions, the weight of social value evaluation increased more than twofold from 10.75 points last year to 22 points this year," and added, "The participation of citizens and civil society activists as management evaluation committee members and their strict evaluation of public achievements by institution also had an impact." This explains the background for the lower distribution of evaluation grades compared to last year. Social value evaluation assesses job creation through conversion of non-regular workers to regular workers, consideration for socially vulnerable groups, labor-management coexistence, and eco-friendly management.

The province announced that the average score slightly increased to 79.32 points from 79.3 points last year, indicating that the overall level of public institution management improvement has been generally enhanced.

In the evaluation of 21 public institution heads, excluding four institution heads such as those of Gyeonggi Techno Park, Gyeonggi Daejin Techno Park, Gyeonggi Stock Company, and Next-Generation Convergence Technology Research Institute, which are subject to separate evaluation or have a provincial equity stake of less than 25%, four institution heads including those of the Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation and Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation received Grade A ratings. Twelve institution heads including that of the Gyeonggi Cultural Center received Grade B, and the heads of the World Cup Stadium Management Foundation and Gyeonggi Medical Center received Grade C. The evaluation of heads of three corporations including Gyeonggi Urban Development Corporation is scheduled to be confirmed around July when the Ministry of Interior and Safety's local public enterprise management evaluation results are announced.

Based on this public institution management evaluation result, the province plans to provide performance bonuses to institutions and heads rated Grade B or higher, and implement follow-up measures including warning notices and business improvement measures for Grade C institutions and heads.

Improvements to next year's management evaluation manual will also be made. Key improvements include newly added items such as the introduction of labor director positions reflecting the democratic administration's philosophy, expansion of female managers, human rights management to spread a human rights-respecting culture in public institutions, efforts to establish safety culture, and mandatory employment of national merit honorees.