Gyeonggi Province Achieves 'Excellent' Rating in Joint Evaluation of Local Governments by Ministry of Interior and Safety

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that it achieved an 'Excellent' rating, which corresponds to 1st place in the qualitative evaluation of the province category, in the '2023 (Results from 2022) Joint Evaluation of Local Governments' conducted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

With this, the province has set a record of achieving 'Excellent' status, meaning a ranking of 3rd place or higher in the province category for nine consecutive years since 2015.

This evaluation was conducted with a total of 104 evaluation indicators targeting the 2022 performance of 17 provinces and cities.

The qualitative evaluation is an assessment that selects two exemplary cases for each of 22 indicators presented by the government. Gyeonggi Province had 16 exemplary cases selected, surpassing last year's record of 13 cases from Gyeonggi Province, and was again selected as the top-ranked local government this year.

The main exemplary cases include ▲Gyeonggi Province Leading the Wave of Digital Transformation ▲Today That Changes Tomorrow, When We All Change Culture Together, Kids Are Happy ▲A Gift-Like Last Wednesday, Falling for Gyeonggi Province ▲Closer-to-the-People Gyeonggi Province Autonomous Police, First at the Security Scene, Best for Residents' Safety ▲Sound Fiscal Management Gyeonggi Province Created by the Hands of the People.

In the case of 'Gyeonggi Province Leading the Wave of Digital Transformation,' it was selected as an exemplary case for building digital administrative services including 'Gyeonggi Ddok-D' based on MyData as the nation's first, establishing the Gyeonggi Digital Transformation (Gyeonggi DX) Committee and establishing implementation strategies, and promoting organizational restructuring including the expansion of the Future Growth Industry Bureau such as the semiconductor industry.

Exemplary cases by indicator can be verified on the Ministry of Interior and Safety's Let's Know Our Local Area website (www.laiis.go.kr).

Park Sung-hwan, head of the province's Opportunity Strategy Division, said, "The excellent result in this evaluation is due to the customized education and consulting we have implemented for civil servants," and added, "Going forward, we will continue to receive excellent evaluations through regular performance management and enhanced consulting."