녹색성장위원회의 조직 및 운영에 관한 공법적 고찰

Abstract

Korea government announced the green growth policy in order to solve climate change and energy crisis. It created the Committee on Green Growth to administrate tasks related with the green growth policy. It is justifiable to establish the Committee in relation to the necessity of having an organization in charge of the green growth policy and international cooperation. The procedural aspect in relation to establishing the Committee is, however, controversial. The legal status of the Committee can be considered as an advisory committee under the President. It creates a potential problem in terms of legal stability. The arbitrary establishment of other governmental committees as well as the Committee on Green Growth has been possible due to the absences of general standards related with the establishment and operation of committees in National Government Organization Act. Therefore, this article argues that the National Government Organization Act should contain general standards about the procedure and requirement for establishing government committees in order to form constitutionally agreeable government organizations. It also suggests that reclassification of the National Government Organization Act according to its character and function justifies the legal status of the Committee on Green Growth as an administrative commission. This article further claims that new status of the Committee would efficiently advance the green growth policy and the stability of the Committee. It finally concludes that overly generalized responsibilities of the Committee need to be specified in oder to avoid unnecessary conflicts with other government organizations.