Suwon Advances Integrity Through "Anti-Corruption Consultation from Ombudsman Commission"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 24th, Suwon held a group anti-corruption consultation meeting titled "2020 Anti-Corruption Consultation for Integrity Improvement" at the seminar room of Suwon City Council.

This consultation, organized by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, aims to enhance the city's comprehensive integrity scores (internal and external integrity) and implement city administration that earns citizen trust.

Through the anti-corruption consultation, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission pairs 26 public institutions seeking integrity improvement with excellent institutions as mentors and provides customized improvement measures.

Integrity team leaders from four cities and counties including Suwon, Hwaseong, Paju, and Gapyeong, as well as officials from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission and private sector experts serving as advisors attended.

The consultation analyzed the causes of low integrity evaluation scores and briefed on the results of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's integrity survey.

Discussions covered anti-corruption improvement measures including ▲systematic anti-corruption infrastructure construction (increasing whistleblower rewards to promote anti-corruption and public interest reporting, improving contract systems for fairness and transparency, etc.) ▲strong measures to enhance external integrity (holding anti-corruption talks with construction contractors, citizen auditors overseeing construction sites, improving external integrity in finance and tax sectors, etc.) ▲fostering collaborative anti-corruption culture and strengthening public officials' anti-corruption capacity (promoting anti-corruption empathy programs and anti-corruption concerts combining integrity with culture).

A second consultation reviewing the 2020 basic plan for integrity improvement and a third consultation monitoring implementation of the annual anti-corruption improvement plan are scheduled. The city plans to prepare an anti-corruption consultation report in July through September and share results in November.