Suwon Holds 'Integrity Consulting' Session with Anti-Corruption Commission to Improve Integrity Index

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City held a group consultation meeting on '2020 Integrity Consulting for Integrity Index Improvement' at the Suwon City Council seminar room on the 24th.

The consulting session, presided over by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, aims to enhance the city's comprehensive integrity index (internal and external integrity) and implement trustworthy city administration for citizens.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission pairs public institutions (26 in total) seeking integrity improvement through integrity consulting with exemplary institutions as mentors and provides customized improvement measures.

Officials attended including integrity team leaders from four municipalities—Suwon, Hwaseong, Paju, and Gapyeong—staff from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's integrity division, and private sector advisors (civilian experts).

The consulting session analyzed the causes of low integrity ratings and briefed on the results of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's integrity survey.

Key measures for improving integrity included ▲systematic establishment of integrity infrastructure (promoting anti-corruption and whistleblowing with increased reward incentives, improving procurement systems to be fair and transparent, etc.) ▲strong measures to enhance external integrity (holding integrity discussion forums with contractors, conducting citizen audits at construction sites, improving external integrity in finance and taxation sectors, etc.) ▲fostering shared integrity culture and strengthening public officials' integrity competency (implementing integrity empathy programs, promoting integrity concerts that combine integrity and culture, etc.).

A second consulting session scheduled to review the 2020 integrity improvement basic plan and a third consulting session to monitor the implementation of the annual integrity improvement basic plan are planned. After preparing an integrity consulting report from July to September, the city plans to share results in November.