Pyeongtaek City Selected as Excellent Organization in Ministry of Interior and Safety Local Government Innovation Assessment for Three Consecutive Years

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-seong] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 7th that it has been selected as an excellent organization in the ‘2020 Local Government Innovation Assessment’ under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior and Safety, securing 30 million won in special transfer tax financial incentives. With this selection as an excellent organization, the city has been honored to be selected as an excellent organization for three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020.

The Innovation Assessment is conducted annually by the Ministry of Interior and Safety targeting 243 local governments across the nation (17 metropolitan, 226 basic). The assessment evaluates excellent organizations through expert evaluation panels and citizen evaluation panels across five categories with 12 indicators, including institutional autonomous innovation, inclusive administration, participation and cooperation, trustworthy government, and innovation dissemination and citizen satisfaction.

In this assessment, Pyeongtaek City received generally high scores across all sectors, including the innovation leadership of the institutional head, participation in innovation projects, resident participation, collaborative culture, and public resource opening that citizens can experience.

In particular, the robot-assisted walking rehabilitation project, the city's flagship innovation case, received high marks as an excellent innovation policy.

Mayor Jeong Jang-seon said, “We have set communication, sharing, and innovation as core values of city administration and have been actively implementing innovative administration since the launch of the seventh popular election, with all departments striving to create innovative results,” and added, “We will continue to prioritize the value of innovation and implement city policies that citizens can experience.”