Suwon Selected as Exemplary Institution in Ministry of Interior and Safety's Local Public Institution Innovation Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon has been selected as an exemplary institution in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's evaluation of 'Local Public Institution Innovation' and has secured 1.5 billion won in special transfer tax as a financial incentive.

The awards ceremony took place during the 'Local Public Institution Innovation Reporting Conference' held on the 10th in the main auditorium of Building 16 of the Government Complex Sejong.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety is implementing four major innovation tasks—△promoting structural reform △strengthening financial soundness △enhancing private sector cooperation △reorganizing management systems—to expand 'public institution innovation,' a key policy agenda of the current administration, to local public institutions, thereby improving efficiency and financial stability, as well as enhancing the quality of public services by strengthening autonomy, accountability, and capabilities. In September of last year, the ministry announced 'Local Public Institution Innovation Guidelines,' which prompted local governments and local public institutions to independently establish innovation plans centered on structural reform and financial soundness.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety has evaluated and reviewed the innovation plans established by each local government and local public institution, selecting a total of 11 local governments—from metropolitan and provincial levels and basic municipal and county levels—as exemplary institutions, and providing a total of 2 billion won in special transfer tax as differential incentives.

Suwon, selected as an exemplary institution in the basic local government municipal sector, presented exemplary innovation cases representing basic local governments at the innovation reporting conference on that day.

Since 2020, Suwon has carried out 'Public Institution Organizational Diagnosis,' adjusting affairs among and within institutions for 38 administrative operations and restructuring the salary system, having promoted public institution innovation early on.

Since the start of the eighth popular election term, Suwon has raised the banner of 'Making Suwon Shine Anew Through Public Institution Efficiency' and, as part of financial management and efficiency measures, developed a government public institution innovation plan through communication with 13 subsidiary public institutions in September of last year. From 2023 onwards, Suwon plans to prepare and implement public institution innovation measures for citizens.