주민자치회의 정착을 위한 과제와 방향

초록

In 2016, newly designed local community center will be open in every Eup, Myon and Dong level administrative district in Korea. Under such circumstances, this study aims at analyzing operations and performances of the 14 community centers during last 1 year those are subsidized by the Ministry of Safety and Administration for their pilot project. In so far as the methodology is concerned, this study largely rely on comprehensive approach which includes both descriptive research and explanatory methods. As results of analysis, in the aspect of organizing committee, there were not so much participation of new and more prestigious figures. The change in the field of jobs undertaken by the center is small, that is to say, the number of new jobs delegated from higher governments has not increased. Theses can be interpreted that recognition on the role of newly designed local community center is not enough so far. Regardless of the regulation that the center could not have its own executive body, each centers feels the necessity of having full-time and paid staff working for the center. As for the budget, the centers rely on the subsidies from higher governments including subsidy by the Ministry of Safety and Administration for their pilot project. It means that the centers can not be financially independent without new incomes from their profitable business. Concludingly, participation of more prestigious figures, revision of ways of selecting committee members, autonomous decision of a type of the community center, regionally fit business, full-time and paid staff, enhancing the status and increasing grants-in-aid are the crucial issues to be solved for the Institutionalization of community center in Korea in the future.

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