Gyeongsangbuk-do got the highest grade in an evaluation of 7th-term governors and mayors across the nation by Korea Manifesto Center.
The Gyeongbuk provincial government obtained the highest grade “SA” not only overall but also in all individual evaluation categories.
Five city and provincial governments, including Gyeongsangbuk-do, Incheon and Jeollanam-do, got the highest grade “SA” overall.
Gyeongsangbuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollanam-do got the highest grade in all of three detailed evaluation categories - accomplishment of public pledges, achieving 2021 goals and communication with residents.
Looking into specifics, Gyeongsangbuk-do was evaluated to have made good on 90 pledges, or 90 percent of 100 public pledges the provincial governor made. And the remaining 10 public pledges are classified into ones as “under way.”
The provincial government was evaluated to be in the highest SA grade, with 97 out of the possible 100 points in the category, regarding the 2021 goals.
Gyeongsangbuk-do obtained the highest grade in the category of communicating with residents in recognition of operating a provincial panel.
The latest evaluation of 17 city and provincial governments across the nation was conducted in five evaluation categories between Feb. 14 and March 25, including accomplishments of public pledges and achieving 2021 goals.
The outcomes were revealed on March 31. A final evaluation was done after websites were monitored and documents for evaluation were presented.
Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo said, “I’m thankful to have been recognized for pondering what we should do for the interests of provincial residents with a conviction of surviving with changes.”
Gov. Lee extended thanks for obtaining the highest grade from an evaluation by Korea Manifesto Center, the most renowned organization in the sector, and the provincial government will redouble efforts to complete all public pledges he made during his remaining term without resting on the outcomes of the latest evaluation.
An overall view of the Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government building.
Gyeongsangbuk-do Comes Up with Comprehensive Steps to Create Jobs in 2022
The Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government announced comprehensive steps on March 31 to create jobs this year in accordance with a system of notifying regional job creation goals.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has implemented a system to notify regional job creation goals since 2010 to raise regional local governments’ concern about job creation.
They will implement job creation policies suiting each region’s conditions.
The comprehensive steps for job creation contain this year’s job creation goals and a detailed action plan to accomplish them. The annual detailed plan is in connection with the 7th-term public elected local governments’ master plan on job creation.
Regional labor markets had worse employment indices overall, buffeted by the side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were exacerbated with constantly declining population and rising youth population outflow.
The number of employed women and workers at wholesale, retail, accommodation and eatery establishments are on the sharp decline and industrial conditions are too vulnerable to economic fluctuations.
To overcome the weakest job creation situation, Gyeongsangbuk-do will set aside 1,038.3 billion won this year, an increase of 50.5 billion won over the previous year, to implement five strategies, 18 major tasks and 183 detailed policies to support job creation.
As a result, the provincial government’s aims to create 119,000 jobs with a goal of achieving an employment rate of 68 percent for age groups between 15 and 64 through the implementation of the policies.
The figures represent an increase of 3,543 newly created jobs and a 23 percentage point jump in the employment rate over last year.
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