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Busan Metropolitan City Moves Forward with Selection of Outstanding Civil Servants for Proactive Administration in the Second Half of 2025

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will select Outstanding Civil Servants for Proactive Administration in the second half of 2025 together with citizens, in order to promote a culture of proactive administration driven by action through encouragement of challenge and execution within the public service.

The Outstanding Civil Servants for Proactive Administration Selection Program is conducted on a semiannual basis to spread a culture of proactive public service by identifying civil servants who have contributed to the development of municipal administration through creative and professional approaches undertaken in the public interest, and by granting them exceptional incentives.

This round of selection targets Proactive Administration “Outstanding Cases” and “Challenge Cases” that generated results during the second half of this year (July–December 2025).

“Outstanding Cases” refer to cases in which notable achievements were produced through proactive work based on creativity and expertise in the public interest, such as improving unreasonable regulations.

“Challenge Cases” refer to cases in which immediate results were not achieved, but where proactive administration broke away from established practices and generated meaningful implications beneficial to the organization, such as pioneering new areas.

Starting today (the 15th) through January 2, 2026, the city will accept outstanding cases recommended by citizens via the Proactive Administration Board on the city website
(https://www.busan.go.kr/depart/actively03) as well as cases nominated by departments and affiliated institutions.

Following performance verification, Outstanding Civil Servants for Proactive Administration will be selected based on the combined scores from ▲ the first-stage working-level review (10 points), ▲ the second-stage online review (10 points), and ▲ the third-stage review by the Proactive Administration Committee (80 points). By assigning weighted scores to all stages of the review process, the city has further strengthened the fairness of the evaluation.

Selected civil servants will receive certificates of commendation and prize money, along with personnel-related incentives. In addition, the selected outstanding cases will be produced in formats such as card news and casebooks and widely shared with citizens and public officials.

Meanwhile, from 2020 through the first half of this year, the city has identified, shared, and disseminated a total of 459 outstanding cases. It has also selected 128 Outstanding Civil Servants for Proactive Administration, granting exceptional personnel incentives such as special promotions and the highest performance bonus ratings.

Lee Gyeong-deok, Director General of Planning of Busan Metropolitan City, stated, “Our city’s outstanding proactive administration cases have received external recognition, including winning awards for two consecutive years at the nationwide Proactive Administration Best Practice Competition,” adding, “We will continue to do our utmost to realize proactive administration that citizens can truly experience by fostering a shift in perception that achievements earned through proactive work must be duly rewarded. We ask for the strong interest and active participation of both citizens and public officials.”