Lee Jae-myung Administration's Gyeonggi-do Selected as Best Institution for Anti-Corruption Policy Two Years in a Row

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has been selected as the best institution for two consecutive years in the anti-corruption policy evaluation.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 28th that it received the "Best Grade" (Grade 1) in the "2019 Public Institution Anti-Corruption Policy Evaluation" conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in December last year. Accordingly, the province achieved the best grade for two consecutive years following 2018.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducts quantitative and qualitative evaluations every year on 271 public institutions nationwide based on 22 sub-indicators across five areas: ▲establishment of anti-corruption promotion plans ▲creation of a clean ecosystem ▲securing effectiveness of corruption control ▲performance and dissemination of clean administration and clean management ▲operation of anti-corruption systems, and then announces the evaluation results.

The province stated that Governor Lee Jae-myung’s innovative policies received high praise from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in this evaluation.

Examples of the province’s innovative policies include ▲disclosure of costs for public construction projects over 1 billion KRW ▲installation of CCTV in operating rooms at public medical centers within the province ▲comprehensive cleanup of illegal buildings along rivers in 31 cities and counties within the province ▲nation’s first mandatory public recruitment for art installations on buildings within the province.

In particular, the public interest reporting hotline "Fair Gyeonggi 2580," which is a core pledge of Governor Lee Jae-myung and a national agenda item, has shown great results since its launch in January last year. The province has held the Public Interest Reporting Committee four times and paid 258 rewards totaling 49.08 million KRW. It also operates an integrated reporting window and an anonymous proxy reporting system.

Additionally, the province is steadily promoting Gyeonggi Province-type clean and anti-corruption policies that lead Korea’s clean culture, including operating the largest public-private cooperation council for a clean society in the nation with 47 participating institutions, conducting the nation’s first public institution integrity survey, evaluating the integrity of senior officials, and measuring participation indices in clean activities.

Choi In-su, the province’s auditor, said, "Achieving the best grade for two consecutive years in the anti-corruption policy evaluation following the excellent grade in the integrity evaluation by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission is the result of the joint efforts of the institution’s head and all employees toward anti-corruption and integrity." He added, "This year as well, we will reflect the values of fairness and integrity throughout the provincial administration and build a meticulous anti-corruption safety net to create a clean Gyeonggi Province."