지방자치단체의 국제협력

Abstract

The international cooperation of local governments is a relatively new area that has been in full-fledged discussions since the last part of the 20th century. The expansion of international exchanges and the emergence of local governments as the main actor of international cooperation are not just our situation, but more directly related to the expanding role of local governments as parties to regional development through decentralized cooperation that began in Western Europe and the trend of the times in which regional competitiveness has become the nation's available capacity. Through a prior study on the external cooperation and exchanges of local governments, which has been sporadic, we reviewed the logical background of local governments' external activities and looked into various forms of international exchanges and cooperative activities. The expansion of the scope of local government’s public activities across the border means intervening in the realm of extraterritoriality, if viewed from the perspective of traditional domestic legal order. The trend of globalization is influenced not only by the economy but also by the legal sector, and the local government's extra activities across the border are expanding its independent capacity in the position of the country's assistant in public development aid beyond sisterhood and friendly exchanges, the sun of traditional international exchanges. The exchange and cooperation of local governments is represented by sisterhood ties and friendly cooperation, and 1,659 cases by 1,249 cities in 82 countries have been signed since the sisterhood ties between Jinju City and Eugene City, Oregon, in 1961. In addition, local governments are acting as major actors in public opening aid projects in accordance with the Framework Act on International Development Cooperation and the Public Diploma9cy Act. However, due to the legal system, discussions on the location of the authority under the above laws and local autonomy laws and the supervision of the state are being raised, and legislative readjustment is needed.