섬정책연구기관 설립의 당위성과 조직설계 방향에 관한 연구

Abstract

For a long time, the areas of islands in Korea have been areas where little attention is paid to the development due to passive attitudes in terms of spatial awareness to the islands and ocean and considered as the problematic regions, However, in recent days interest in the island areas have been rising in Korea as international and Korea's Maritime Sovereignty interest on the ownership and resources of the ocean is increasing. In particular, the establishment of ‘the day of islands’ as a national memorial day in February 2018 and announcement of the Prime Minister’s office about the establishment of ‘Research Institute of Island Development’ significantly encouraging island policy. Under such circumstances, this study investigated have already established Japan’s and Chinese island policy research institutes in terms of organizational type and structure and suggest the following directions of the organization structure of the Korean island policy research institute. First, in order to create effective island policies, it is desirable that ‘Research Institute of Island Development’ would be a government funded research institute under the control of the National Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences which reports to the Prime Minister. Second, it is advised to define the institute as a comprehensive research organization, which would lead to the development of the island by developing island national policies. Third, main functions of this research institute can include survey and research projects, industry development support projects, consulting projects, exchange and cooperation projects, publishing and promotion projects, networking with affiliated organizations, other miscellaneous projects. In terms of an organization structure, it seems to be appropriate that the Research Institute of Island Development consists of four divisions that managed by a director and a vice director. However, it is necessary to determine the number of administrative and Ph.D. level research personnel, level of research support and other organizational matters by considering a budget and other circumstances.