Gyeonggi Province Selected as 'Excellent' Province for 10 Consecutive Years in Government Joint Evaluation by Ministry of Interior

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Gyeonggi Province achieved second place in the qualitative evaluation and first place in the citizen evaluation in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's '2024 Joint Evaluation of Local Governments,' establishing a record of achieving 'Excellent' status—meaning top 3 rankings—for 10 consecutive years since 2015.

The Government Joint Evaluation announced on the 26th is the government's only comprehensive evaluation system targeting local governments, jointly conducted by 29 central government ministries including the Ministry of Interior and Safety to evaluate state-delegated affairs, national treasury subsidized projects, and major national policies implemented by local governments. This evaluation covered 2023 performance across 17 cities and provinces using a total of 106 evaluation indicators.

The qualitative evaluation selects two outstanding cases for each of the 19 indicators provided by the government. Gyeonggi Province was selected as the second-ranked local government with 8 outstanding cases selected.

The main outstanding cases include: △Smart Bus arriving when called through AI algorithms—Ride Smart with Ttoktaxi! △Care as a Basic Right, All Children Happy in Gyeonggi Province—Whole Village Care! Our Children's 365-Day Expanded Care! △Gyeonggi Province's Path to a Circular Economy (路) △Citizen-Led Gyeonggi Province Volunteering Made Directly by Residents' Ideas and Hands △Win-Win Collaboration Project of Gyeonggi Province: Turning Crisis into Opportunity, etc.

In the citizen evaluation, a 408-member panel of general citizens composed with consideration for region, age, and gender selected 10 outstanding cases with high citizen awareness among a total of 34 cases submitted by cities and provinces. Among them, Gyeonggi Province's two submitted cases—'Smart Bus arriving when called through AI algorithms—Ride Smart with Ttoktaxi!' and 'Gyeonggi Province's Path to a Circular Economy (路)'—were both selected as outstanding cases. In particular, the province's introduction of 'Ttoktabus,' a 'Demand Responsive Transport (DRT)' combining the advantages of taxis and buses, to 11 cities and counties, and construction of an integrated transportation platform connecting with existing transportation services received praise as an outstanding case for resolving inconveniences in transportation-vulnerable areas.

In the quantitative evaluation, local governments' achievement rates for 87 indicators set by the government—including elderly employment goal achievement rates, public childcare usage rates, and priority purchasing in the social economy sector—were compared. The province achieved 95.4%, an improvement of 3.9 percentage points compared to the previous year.

Choi Jung-seok, Director of Opportunity Strategy at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Our excellent performance in this evaluation resulted from strengthening periodic performance management and customized consulting," and added, "We will continue our efforts and implement systematic indicator management to improve administrative services for residents."

Outstanding cases by indicator can be found on the Ministry of Interior and Safety's Local Government Promotion Website (www.laiis.go.kr).