Gyeonggi Province Prepares First National 'Public Institution Proactive Administration Operating Regulation Standard'

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Noh-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province is preparing the nation's first 'Public Institution Proactive Administration Operating Regulation Standard' to support proactive administration at public institutions under its jurisdiction.

According to the Province on the 13th, the Gyeonggi Province Public Institution Audit Cooperation Body, composed of 28 public institutions under its jurisdiction to strengthen responsibility and ethical management and activate independent audit bodies, held its second regular meeting on the afternoon of the 12th at the Gyeonggi Welfare Foundation and decided to establish and implement such regulations.

While public institutions are implementing various policy projects, there have been difficulties in operating the system due to the lack of legal grounds in higher-level laws to protect and support proactive administration. Accordingly, a standard was prepared that could be reflected in each institution's internal regulations.

The standard includes ▲Basis for establishing proactive administration implementation plans ▲Composition and operation methods of the proactive administration committee ▲Preferential treatment and support measures for proactive administration departments, officials, and employees ▲Specification of requirements for proactive administration exemption ▲Role of institutional heads in preventing and eliminating passive administration.

Based on this, Gyeonggi Province will establish a public institution proactive administration implementation plan and notify it by this month, and all public institutions plan to prepare proactive administration operating regulations reflecting the standard by the end of this year, tailored to each institution's circumstances.

Once the regulations are in place, public institution officials will be able to alleviate concerns about audits when pursuing projects such as Gyeonggi RE100 and conduct proactive administration.

At this meeting, other topics discussed included ▲Cooperation measures related to eliminating abusive practices by public institutions ▲Fair hiring practices for public institutions ▲Solutions for long-pending institutional improvement tasks of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission ▲Standard procedures for Gyeonggi Province public institution reconsideration ▲Production of public institution audit manuals.

Gyeonggi Province plans to reflect the results of discussions from the public institution audit cooperation body in audit policies, and also notify relevant departments such as guidance and supervision departments to request cooperation for implementation in their operations.

Choi Eun-soon, Audit Inspector of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Establishing an institutional foundation for public institutions to conduct proactive administration from the perspective of citizens is a major achievement," and added, "We will continue to make positive changes to create an Gyeonggi of opportunity that residents can feel."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province also conducted an educational program to improve practical skills on this day, having field practitioners of public institution audit departments discuss actual audit cases in financial accounting and human resources recruitment fields by working group and practice writing audit reports.

The Gyeonggi Welfare Foundation, where the meeting was held, is the first public institution to sign a business agreement for installing solar power generation facilities to realize Gyeonggi RE100, and Gyeonggi Province selected it as the meeting venue to encourage participation of other public institutions and spread results.