Gwacheon City Achieves Highest Rating (SA) for Fourth Consecutive Year in Mayor's Promise Implementation Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Yu Je-sung] Gwacheon City announced on the 10th that it achieved the SA grade, the highest rating for four consecutive years, in the '2026 National Basic Local Government Mayor's Promise Implementation and Information Disclosure Evaluation.'

This evaluation is a nationwide assessment conducted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Center that comprehensively analyzes promise implementation rates and communication levels.

In particular, the city achieved the SA grade, the highest rating, in all four evaluations conducted once annually during the eighth term of elected officials, and recorded a promise implementation rate of 84.4% as of the end of December last year, significantly exceeding the national average of 70.42%.

The evaluation is conducted annually to comprehensively diagnose the level of promise implementation and the transparency of promise disclosure of basic local governments based on year-end standards, and to encourage trustworthy administration.

The evaluation indicators are divided into six grades from SA to F across a total of five areas: promise implementation rate, annual target achievement rate, resident communication, web communication, and promise consistency.

The city has transparently managed the status of promise implementation through citizen participation-based implementation plan establishment, regular implementation reviews, and official website disclosures, placing 'promises to citizens' as the top priority and implementing trustworthy administration.

In particular, during the evaluation period of 2025, the city implemented 18 promise projects with high tangibility in citizens' daily lives, including the selection of preferred negotiation partners for attracting comprehensive medical facilities in Gwacheon City, the opening of a municipal nursing facility, securing a single middle school site in Knowledge Information Town, and the opening of a dog park.

A city official stated, "A promise is a pledge declared to citizens in an open manner for Gwacheon's new future, and keeping promises with citizens is the most precious value in city administration. This SA rating is the result of implementing promises to citizens at the center of administration together with all city officials of Gwacheon, and we will continue to discover and promote citizen-oriented policies," he added.

Details related to the promise implementation evaluation can be found through the Korea Manifesto Practice Center website (www.manifesto.or.kr), and other inquiries can be directed to the Gwacheon City Hall Planning and Public Relations Department (02-3677-2052).