Suwon Selected as 'Excellent Agency in Gender Impact Assessment' by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon has been selected as an '2020 Excellent Agency in Gender Impact Assessment Promotion' and will receive a commendation from the Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

The selection of excellent agencies in gender impact assessment, overseen by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, honors institutions and individuals who have contributed to the revitalization of the gender impact assessment system. The evaluation targets comprehensive results from the previous year's gender impact assessment, assessing ▲analysis and evaluation performance ▲the degree of policy and institutional improvement ▲analysis and evaluation education ▲and level of institutionalization.

This year's evaluation covered 305 institutions, including 226 basic local governments, government agencies, metropolitan local governments, and offices of education. Suwon was selected as an excellent agency alongside Donghae, Gangwon Province, and Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.

A city official stated, "We consistently produced highly tangible policy improvement cases and established a high-level institutional operation model," adding, "We presented policy cases that can be disseminated nationwide and innovated policies from a gender equality perspective, which resulted in excellent evaluation."

Over the past four years, Suwon has conducted gender impact assessments an average of 232 times annually (42% of unit projects). Notably, in 2018, it evaluated 300 cases (54% of unit projects) and conducted comprehensive analysis of all promotional projects.

Through policy improvement efforts, including self-improvement, the city focused on qualitative enhancement of policies. In 2019, improvement recommendations based on gender impact assessment were provided, and the relevant departments accepted them 100%.

Additionally, senior civil servants' gender equality education was linked with personnel policies, with 98.8% of civil servants at the rank of section chief and above completing the training.

The 'Gender Equality Specialist' served as the center of institutional operation as an internal expert, and a 'governance-type gender impact assessment system operation framework' involving experts, civil servants, and citizens was also established. The Suwon Gender Impact Assessment Committee meets four times a year and was revitalized as a 'working committee,' and conducted independent targeted gender impact assessments.

Since the gender impact assessment system was implemented in 2012, Suwon has been selected as the top agency in Gyeonggi Province five times (2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020). It has received the Minister of Gender Equality and Family commendation three times (2014, 2016, 2020).

Gender impact assessment is a system that contributes to the realization of gender equality by systematically analyzing, evaluating, and reflecting various factors, including characteristics of women and men and diverse socioeconomic disparities, in the process of establishing and implementing policies.