Suwon Urban Development Foundation Wins Grand Prize in '2023 Suwon Public Institution Innovation Achievement'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-seong] Suwon Urban Development Foundation won the grand prize at the '2023 Suwon City Public Institution Innovation Achievement Reporting Conference.'

Suwon Special City held a performance reporting conference for 13 public institutions on the 12th at Suwon Convention Center, and through presentations of innovative excellence cases by 5 institutions selected as outstanding institutions in the first screening phase, combined the scores of the review committee and on-site evaluation committee to select Suwon Urban Development Foundation as the grand prize winner.

The Excellence Award goes to Suwon Convention Center and Suwon Youth and Young Adults Foundation, while the Outstanding Award goes to Suwon Volunteer Center and Suwon City Research Institute. The grand prize winner receives 10 million won, excellence award recipients receive 6 million won, and outstanding award recipients receive 4 million won.

After the inauguration of the 8th private-sector-led administration, the city formed a 'Cooperative Institution Innovation Promotion Council' and established 'Guidelines for Suwon City Public Institution Innovation for the 8th Administration' in December of last year. Following the public institution innovation guidelines, 13 public institutions respectively established detailed implementation plans in February of this year.

In March of this year, the city held the '2023 Public Institution Innovation Guidelines Reporting Conference,' and in November, conducted a first-phase evaluation of the promotion achievements of 13 public institutions, selecting 5 outstanding institutions. The evaluation indicators included △originality and relevance, △implementation effort (initiative), △effectiveness and efficiency, △development potential, and △dissemination potential.

Suwon Special City Mayor Lee Jae-jun, First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, and heads of 13 public institutions attended the performance reporting conference.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun said, "Innovation happens when public institution employees change their mindset," and added, "The attitude of continuously thinking about how to work for Suwon is innovation." He further urged, "I hope all employees will actively pursue innovation."