Research Fellow Lee Sun-hwa has presented the reform agendas for the national long-term development strategy: (1) demand-oriented integrated development strategy, (2) redefined role of the bureaucracy, (3) framework for decentralized decision-making and policy communication, and (4) strengthen decision-making function of the National Assembly.
For the “demand-oriented integrated development strategy”, agendas suggested by Lee include coordination of policy ownership and inter-ministry cooperative system, emphasizing the role of control tower across all ministries. For the “redefined role of the bureaucracy”, she divided the bureaucracy system into recruitment and promotion and suggested innovative solutions for each section, including reformation of public service examinations and employments, recruitment of talents from the private sector in the civil service, and performance- or competency-oriented promotion framework.
For the “framework for decentralized decision-making and policy communication”, her suggestion include a decentralized local governance framework and a strengthened local service supply chain, separated from a central-leading model, in various sectors such as housing, local communities, healthcare, employment, and labor-management relations, on the premise that administrative districts should be reorganized to establish new regions encompassing local hub cities and satellite towns for increasing the effectiveness of the decentralization. For the “strengthen decision-making function of the National Assembly”, she derived the reform agendas including the National Assembly’s institutionalized role in resolving social conflicts and a cooperative framework of the National Assembly and the financial authorities for sustainable finance.
This report was prepared based on the NAFI’s “National Long-Term Development Strategy Research Series” for seeking a comprehensive solution from the viewpoint of the national operation system to the political, economic, social and structural obstacles challenged by South Korea.
“The ultimate goal of the national long-term development strategy is to present a national vision and reform agendas to overcome the drawbacks of the existing system,” explains Lee. “The most promising approach to derive effective strategies is to explore the pros and cons of the compressed growth of South Korea by sectors that make up the national system, such as governance, quality of life, growth engines and labor system.”
* “National Future Strategic Insight” is a brief report which is issued every two weeks to provide strategic insights for our future based on in-depth analysis of major issues made by professional researchers at the National Assembly Futures Institute (NAFI).
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