Suwon Special Status City Selected as Excellent Institution in Ministry of Interior and Safety 'Local Government Innovation Evaluation'...8 Consecutive Years

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special Status City announced on the 24th that it has been selected as an excellent institution for eight consecutive years in the 'Local Government Innovation Evaluation' supervised by the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety conducted the '2025 Local Government Innovation Evaluation' targeting 243 local governments across the nation and selected excellent local governments that actively promoted regional innovation policies.

The Ministry's Innovation Evaluation Panel and relevant department evaluation panels evaluated based on 10 detailed indicators including △innovation leadership of the head of institution △participation in innovation activities and efforts to spread innovation outcomes △public perception, and selected the top 25% in each evaluation category (metropolitan, city, county, and district) as excellent institutions.

Suwon City received consistently positive evaluations across all detailed indicators, including 'Suwon Saebich Care (For All)' submitted as the representative innovation project.

'Suwon Saebich Care (For All)' is the 'Suwon-style integrated care project' in which community communities take the lead to discover neighbors in need of care and provide livelihood-oriented care services. Care services can be accessed by anyone.

It consists of eight basic services covering daily life support to health and emotional care, 'elementary school low-grade escort care for commute' as a resident-proposed service, and 'formation of pregnancy care communities and household support' as citizen participation services.

Beyond this, △'Cheongyangsan Suwon Camping Ground' created for mutual cooperation with Bonghwa-gun, a sister city facing a population decline crisis △'Suwon City Urban Policy Citizen Planning Group' as a representative governance organization △mobile civic participation platform 'Saebich Talk Talk' △deployment of specialized personnel for handling unique complaints first in the nation △'Catch It All, Suwon Citizens' Complaint Box' which received and resolved 1,658 complaints over 100 days last year △establishment of the nation's first mobile electronic notification integrated system were cited as excellent cases.

Additionally, the city received recognition for innovation efforts across the entire administration, including the introduction of pioneering 'smart administration' such as using generative artificial intelligence (AI) for prevention counseling for youth in risk of isolation, and 'creation of flexible organizational culture' through mentoring of junior civil servants.

A city official stated, "Being selected as an excellent institution for eight consecutive years in the local government innovation evaluation is the result of consistently promoting innovation across all sectors of administration," and added, "Going forward, we will continue to discover innovative policies and create innovation achievements that citizens can experience."