Suwon Wins First Place Among Basic Local Governments in Ministry of Public Administration's Proactive Administration Comprehensive Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City announced on the 3rd that it has been selected as an "excellent organization" by receiving the highest score among basic local governments in the '2020 Local Government Proactive Administration Comprehensive Evaluation' conducted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security evaluated proactive administration promotion performance (January 1 to November 30) over four phases for 243 local governments (17 metropolitan and 226 basic local governments) to establish a culture of proactive administration.

Suwon City, along with 12 other local governments, received the highest rating of 'excellent' among three levels (excellent, average, insufficient). With a score of 97.2 points, it also achieved the highest score. Local governments selected as excellent organizations receive commendations from the Minister of Public Administration and Security.

Suwon City received excellent evaluations across all indicators including ▲proactive administration system improvement ▲implementation plan establishment ▲implementation plan achievement results ▲citizen satisfaction with proactive administration ▲and elimination of passive administration.

Particularly, the 'Emergency Vehicle Priority Signal System,' which won the Presidential Award at the '2020 Proactive Administration Excellence Case Competition' jointly hosted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Personnel Management Commission in November, received favorable evaluations.

The Emergency Vehicle Priority Signal System tracks ambulance locations via GPS through the Urban Safety Integrated Center when transporting emergency patients to hospitals, and automatically assigns green lights at intersections. Using this system, ambulances can reach Ajou University Hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital throughout Suwon within 10 minutes.

Suwon Mayor Yeum Tae-young encouraged proactive administration, promising civil servants that "rather than placing blame for small issues in the process of pioneering new paths through proactive administration, I will offer praise."

Meanwhile, Suwon City conducted a 'Proactive Administration Practice Pledge Campaign' from May 25 to July 8 targeting all department employees and cooperating agency staff. Mayor Yeum Tae-young, First Vice Mayor Cho Cheong-sik, and 1,327 civil servants participated voluntarily. An online pledge campaign was conducted in September.

Non-face-to-face proactive administration training for all employees was conducted three times covering topics including ▲proactive administration online education for Suwon City civil servants' mindset innovation (June) ▲proactive administration licensing cases (August) ▲prior consultation and exemption cases (September).

Institutional foundations for practicing proactive administration were also established. In February last year, the '2020 Proactive Administration Implementation Plan' consisting of 17 projects across four sectors was established, and in November, all local regulations related to proactive administration, including the 'Suwon City Proactive Administration Operation Ordinance,' were updated. To support and protect civil servants practicing proactive administration, the city operates the Proactive Administration Committee opinion provision, prior consultation, and exemption systems.

'Card news' introducing Suwon City proactive administration cases was produced twice and used for promotion, and an 'Excellent Case Collection for Proactive Administration' was produced and shared.

Additionally, the city independently selected 10 proactive administration excellent cases in the first and second half of the year, selected 12 outstanding civil servants for awards, and provided incentives.

The city submitted an excellent COVID-19 response case under the theme of 'Creating a Standard for Local Government Response to Infectious Diseases!' to the '2020 First Half Proactive Administration Excellence Case Competition' hosted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and achieved a placing in the preliminary screening.