Daejeon City Selected as an 'Excellent Institution' in Local Government Innovation Evaluation

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City announced on the 20th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the ‘2022 Local Government Innovation Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

As a result of the selection, the city will receive an institutional commendation and financial incentives.

Previously, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety conducted an innovation evaluation targeting 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan and 226 basic local governments). The evaluation consisted of 10 indicators across five areas: institutional autonomous innovation, participation and cooperation, resident-customized administration, innovation in working methods, and innovation diffusion and public perception.

In the evaluation, the city achieved excellent grades in most indicators through the spread of an innovation culture across all areas of city administration, including organizational restructuring, preparation of 100 core tasks, and improvement of organizational culture communicating with employees.

Park Yeon-byeong, Director of the Planning and Coordination Office of the city, said, “Being selected as an excellent institution is an achievement recognizing the city’s efforts to strengthen innovation capabilities in public service and intensive administrative innovation so far. The city will continue to strive to create a first-class innovative city that citizens can feel through innovative administration.”