Hwaseong City Selected as Exemplary Local Government for 2 Consecutive Years in Ministry of Interior and Safety's 'Comprehensive Proactive Administration Assessment'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Hwaseong City announced on the 15th that it has been selected as an exemplary institution for the second consecutive year, following last year, in the '2023 Comprehensive Proactive Administration Assessment for Local Governments' conducted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

The 'Comprehensive Proactive Administration Assessment,' separated from the government innovation evaluation since 2022, is a system through which the Ministry of Interior and Safety comprehensively evaluates the performance of proactive administration promotion, such as spreading and establishing a proactive administration culture in the civil service, targeting all 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan and 226 basic local governments).

In this assessment, the city received excellent scores in various sectors including △institutional improvements (establishment of proactive administration immunity protection officers and action plans to revitalize proactive administration in local public institutions) △efforts by the institutional head (pilot operation of proactive administration mileage system, preventive education on passive administration and publication of manuals, etc.) △provision of incentives for exemplary civil servants engaged in proactive administration, thereby gaining recognition for its efforts to promote proactive administration and achievement of implementation results.

Meanwhile, the city has achieved numerous outstanding results including △selection as an exemplary institution in the 2022 Comprehensive Proactive Administration Assessment △winning the 'Grand Prize' at the 2023 Gyeonggi Province Proactive Administration Best Practice Competition △selection as an exemplary institution in the 2023 Local Regulatory Innovation Performance Assessment.

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun of Hwaseong City stated, "Hwaseong City is currently facing a major transformation into a city of one million with special exceptions," and added, "Through proactive administration that enhances the status and dignity befitting a special exception city, we will create a Hwaseong that brings hope to the lives of our citizens."