Gyeonggi Economic Science and Research Institute, Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation Ranked Top Grade 'B' in Gyeonggi Province's 'Public Institution and Executive Management Performance Evaluation'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] The Gyeonggi Economic Science and Research Institute (GERI) and Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation, two public institutions, received the top grade 'B' in Gyeonggi Province's 'Public Institution and Executive 2023 Management Performance Evaluation.'

The Province completed deliberation and decision by the Gyeonggi Province Government Investment and Subsidized Institution Management Committee on the 16th and announced the 2024 (2023 Performance) Gyeonggi Province Public Institution and Executive Management Evaluation Results on the 25th.

This evaluation focused on innovation achievements and efforts such as innovative project implementation reflecting provincial policy values, and social responsibility of public institutions including RE100 achievement levels and excellent cases in addressing population problems.

As a result of the evaluation, no institutions were classified as grades A, D, or E among the 5 grades (A through E), with 7 institutions rated grade B and 11 institutions rated grade C.

The Gyeonggi Economic Science and Research Institute, which was highly evaluated for promoting 27 innovation projects including the establishment of Gyeonggi-style G-Funds and 'paperless administration,' and the Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation, which was recognized for promoting 9 focused innovation projects including improving work efficiency through digital work platforms and public My Data utilization and the Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year project, were among 7 institutions receiving grade B. Meanwhile, among 11 grade C institutions, the Gyeonggi Market and Commercial District Promotion Center received insufficient evaluations in the major business performance assessment section.

Four institutions showed grade changes compared to the previous year. The Gyeonggi Lifelong Education Promotion Institute and Gyeonggi Contents Promotion Foundation were upgraded from grade C to grade B, and the Gyeonggi Market and Commercial District Promotion Center was upgraded from grade D to grade C by one grade. The Gyeonggi Art Center was downgraded from grade B to grade C by one grade, while other institutions showed no grade changes.

The evaluation of government investment and subsidized institution executives was conducted on 24 institutions' current and former executives, excluding executives who worked less than 3 months as of last year. Six executives including those from the Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation and Next-Generation Convergence Technology Research Institute received grade B, 10 executives including those from the Gyeonggi Agricultural and Marine Products Promotion Institute and Gyeonggi Art Center received grade C, and executives from 2 institutions—Korean Ceramic Foundation and Gyeonggi Market and Commercial District Promotion Center—received grade D. Evaluation results for 4 local corporation presidents including Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Development Corporation and executives of the Gyeonggi Province Social Service Institute and Gyeonggi Province Medical Center will be finalized after reflecting evaluation results from central government departments (Ministry of Interior and Safety, Ministry of Health and Welfare).

Based on this evaluation result, the Province will implement follow-up measures such as warnings to grade D or lower institution executives, and plans to evaluate the implementation of management improvement tasks assigned to each institution through the evaluation in the next year. Additionally, institutions and executives rated grade C or higher may receive performance bonuses within the budget scope.

Previously, the Province formed a 29-member management evaluation committee with participation from private experts such as professors and certified public accountants. Subsequently, from March to June, through written reviews and on-site evaluations for each institution, the 2023 management performance of 18 Gyeonggi Province government investment and subsidized institutions was evaluated.

Going forward, the Province plans to continuously monitor institutional implementation efforts and achievements so that public institutions can contribute to creating results that residents can feel based on efficient and transparent management and addressing social issues such as low birth rates and climate crisis response.