Osan City Stands Out as Top Organization for Enhancing Local Government Competitiveness

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kwak Sang-wook) received a certificate of excellence for enhancing local government competitiveness from the Korea Public Governance Research Institute at the City Hall Conference Room on the 4th.

At the certificate presentation ceremony for outstanding organizations in local government competitiveness enhancement, held after Osan was selected as a local government with outstanding improvement in local government competitiveness index compared to the previous year, Executive Director Lee Ki-heon and Division Director Lee Sang-hyuk of the Korea Public Governance Research Institute presented the excellence certificate to Mayor Kwak Sang-wook.

The awarding of the certificate for outstanding organization in local government competitiveness enhancement was based on results from the 2013 Korea Local Government Competitiveness Index survey conducted by the Korea Public Governance Research Institute, where Osan City showed the largest improvement in competitiveness compared to the previous year among city-level local governments nationwide in two sectors: 'Management Resources' and 'Management Activities.'

The Korea Local Government Competitiveness Index (KLCI) is conducted by the Korea Public Governance Research Institute targeting 229 local government bodies nationwide, surveying trends in local government competitiveness across three sectors: 'Management Resources,' 'Management Activities,' and 'Management Performance,' marking its 18th year this year.

In last year's Korea Local Government Competitiveness Index survey, Osan City improved by 10.77 points in the 'Management Resources' sector and 19.27 points in the 'Management Activities' sector compared to the previous year, earning recognition as the local government with the most outstanding improvement in competitiveness index among city-level local governments nationwide.

This improvement in competitiveness index reflects excellent results as Osan City has well-established urban basic infrastructure and various indicators in the 'Management Activities' sector—including human resources, land, and infrastructure that enhance quality of life, as well as administrative and financial management and industrial management efficiency—showed relatively high increases.

Meanwhile, Osan City was selected as an outstanding organization for improving 'Korea Local Government Competitiveness,' following the achievement of the 'President's Award from Korea Productivity Center' at the 2013 Republic of Korea Local Government Productivity Awards held jointly under the Ministry of Security and Public Administration and the Korea Productivity Center. Consequently, Osan City's image as a productive and competitive city continues to be solidified.