As President Lee Jae-myung emphasized "proactive administration" in the public sector, a pan-ministerial body under the Prime Minister's Office, the "Proactive Administration Council," will be launched.
According to the government on the 20th, the Prime Minister's Office is pushing to enact the "Regulations on the Composition and Operation of the Proactive Administration Council (Prime Ministerial Directive)," which centers on establishing the Proactive Administration Council under the Prime Minister.
The council will discuss tasks to improve systems related to proactive administration and policy issues, and will coordinate matters that require collaboration among central administrative agencies or with local governments. It will also check the implementation status of key tasks.
The chair will be the Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Management, the Vice Administrator of the Ministry of Government Legislation, and the Vice Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission will participate as Commissioners. When necessary, vice ministers of relevant ministries, deputy heads of local governments, and senior officials of the Board of Audit and Inspection will also attend meetings to present their views.
A separate "Proactive Administration Working-level Council" will also operate to review agenda items in advance of the council meetings. The working-level council will be chaired by the head of the Regulatory Coordination Office of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, with senior officials from relevant ministries participating to sort out the issues.
Along with strengthening the institutional foundation, the government is also reviewing ways to expand incentives. It is preparing a plan to provide separate allowances to outstanding public officials in proactive administration, and is also considering expanding to each ministry an evaluation system with an "SS grade," higher than the "S grade" currently in place at only some agencies.
Earlier, on the 19th, President Lee said at a meeting of senior secretaries and aides, "Do not overlook matters that seem small or trivial; respond swiftly and boldly to create changes that the public can feel," and added, "We must not leave proactive administration solely to the goodwill or sense of responsibility of individual public officials."