Incheon City's 1,000-won policy series and Asan in South Chungcheong Province's "display workforce training project" were selected as the top excellence policies for local government administration innovation.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 23rd that it conducted the 2025 innovation evaluation of local governments and released the results. This evaluation comprehensively reflected the achievements made over the year by 243 local governments nationwide (17 metropolitan, 226 basic) for administrative innovation.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) subdivided the evaluation into 10 indicators, including participation in innovation activities by local governments, efforts to spread innovation performance, improvements in organizational culture, and administrative internal efficiency, and assessed concrete performance through reviews by an expert evaluation panel and a public perception survey.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) selected four local governments as excellent institutions in the metropolitan category, including Incheon City, the top excellence institution, as well as Seoul City, Gyeonggi Province, and South Chungcheong Province.
Incheon City's "1,000-won policy series," including 1,000-won culture tickets, 1,000-won parcel delivery, and 1,000-won breakfasts, was credited with reducing public service expense in everyday life areas directly connected to daily routines, easing household cost burdens.
In the basic local government category, 57 local governments were selected as excellent institutions, including Asan in South Chungcheong Province, Hwasun County in South Jeolla Province, and Gwanak District in Seoul as top excellence institutions, as well as Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province, Muju County in North Jeolla Province, and Yangcheon District in Seoul.
Asan City, through the "Asan-style display innovation model," prevented the outflow of local university students and alleviated the display workforce shortage. By operating the Asan Call Bus (DRT), it worked to improve mobility rights in transportation-scarce areas and also introduced Autonomous Driving return robots for libraries.
Hwasun County received positive evaluations for its emergency medical system policy built with the participation of eight related institutions, including the fire department, police, medical association, and medical institutions. Seoul's Gwanak District was well received for launching the "Gwanak-style small single-person household support center" in every neighborhood, reflecting local characteristics with a high proportion of single-person households.
Kim Min-jae, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), said, "Innovation in local administration ultimately depends on how much it changes residents' lives," and added, "We will continue to actively support on-site innovation that residents can feel in their daily lives so it spreads widely across the country."