Pyeongtaek City Selected as Excellent Local Government Institution for Four Consecutive Years in 2021 Innovation Evaluation by Ministry of the Interior and Safety

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 9th that it has been selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years in the "2021 Innovation Evaluation for Local Governments" conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

With this selection as an excellent institution, Pyeongtaek City has been selected for four consecutive years from 2018 to 2021, making it one of only seven basic-level cities to achieve this distinction.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety conducts an annual evaluation of all 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan and 70 provincial, 226 basic-level) across five categories and 12 indicators: institutional autonomous innovation, inclusive administration, participation and cooperation, trustworthy government, and innovation dissemination and citizen satisfaction. The evaluation is conducted fairly and objectively by an Innovation Evaluation Committee composed of private sector experts and a Citizen Evaluation Committee recruited from the general public.

Pyeongtaek City received overall high scores across all indicators, including the innovation leadership of institutional heads. The city received positive evaluations for the active discovery of innovation projects by citizens and civil servants, the operation of related systems, administrative cooperation through citizen deliberation, and rapid improvements to discovered projects.

Based on the evaluation results, financial incentives are provided according to implementation performance. From 2018 to 2021, Pyeongtaek City received a total of 1.8 billion won in financial incentives over three years and actively promoted administrative innovation.

Mayor Jung Jang-seon stated, "I express my gratitude to the citizens and civil servants who actively participated in the successful results of implementing innovative administration based on 'communication and innovation' as core values since the start of the seventh popularly-elected government term. Going forward, we will continue to pursue innovative administration with the goal of discovering and improving life-oriented cases that enhance citizens' quality of life and that can be felt in daily life."