Since the start of the autonomous local government system in 1990s, local governments have paid high attention to local festivals. However, as the festivals have increased, its non-professional planning, stereotyped program-making, superfluous events ...
Since the start of the autonomous local government system in 1990s, local governments have paid high attention to local festivals. However, as the festivals have increased, its non-professional planning, stereotyped program-making, superfluous events divorced from regional characteristics, lack of budget independence, excessive public finances input, inefficient management, immoderate government led operation, program absence after event and other problems are caused. To remedy these challenges, meta-evaluation, the most realistic measurement, should be needed. This study is aiming at analyzing current evaluation and its evaluation system of the regional festivals and by using meta-evaluation and presenting measurements for improving the festivals.
To this end, local festivals are categorized into four types; a residents harmonizing festival, traditional culture inheriting festival, local economy boosting festival, and global festival. And evaluation systems are composed of evaluation input, evaluation, evaluation outcome and use, and evaluation environment.
Considering current evaluation facts regarding types of local festivals, firstly residents harmonizing festivals have inappropriateness of evaluation index, evaluation object, and evaluation period. Secondly, the data profiling of traditional culture inheriting festivals rely on survey and its evaluation index is composed inappropriate. Thirdly, local economy boosting festivals have no evaluation on titles and materials of festivals, local characteristics and its connectivity, feedback of evaluation outcomes. Fourthly, in case of global festivals, it show that participating rate of evaluation experts is low and it focuses on economic feasibility.
The outcomes of the meta-evaluation on the evaluation input, evaluation, evaluation outcome and use, and evaluation environment of local festivals are following below. Firstly, in sector of evaluation input, the adequacy of evaluation budget size, the quality and quantity adequacy of evaluation data, the adequacy of evaluation team composition and others are low.
Secondly, in area of evaluation, it is lack of the composition adequacy of evaluation index, communication among stake-holders in evaluation process, fairness of evaluation, and role separation between assessors and persons who receive evaluation.
Thirdly, in evaluation outcomes and use, it has lack of the logicality and substantiality of the evaluation report, utilization, distribution adequacy, usefulness of evaluation outcomes, legal basis, evaluation possibility of execution budget, and feedback of evaluation outcome.
Lastly, in evaluation environment, clarity of legal basis, adequacy of evaluation period, flexibility of evaluation period, effectiveness of evaluation, application of local demand is low.
Following analysis outcomes, the measurements for improving local festivals will be suggested. First, in evaluation input, is the adequacy of evaluation budget size for local festivals. the quality and quantity substantiality of evaluation data, experts centered evaluation team composition, usefulness of evaluation data should be strengthened.
Secondly, in area of evaluation, re-composed evaluation index fitting to local festival condition, using interviews for evaluation methods, providing communication opportunities between assessors and persons who receive evaluation will be presented.
Thirdly, in evaluation outcomes and use, evaluation on the execution budget, developing manual for evaluation report, usefulness of evaluation outcomes, and laying legal foundation for using evaluation outcomes should be prepared and enhanced.
Lastly, in evaluation environment, clarity of legal basis on local festival evaluation, re-designed evaluation period from preparation to ending time of the festivals, and flexible managing of evaluation period are proposed.
This study will be a policy suggestion for local festival evaluation like below.
First, it will be strengthened the evaluation capacity of local government. In order to implement meta-evaluation of local festivals successfully, we should enhance evaluation capacity of the local government.
Secondly, meta-evaluation cooperation system should be established. Evaluation organizations and non-evaluation organizations should share common awareness about meta-evaluation cooperation system and build mutual cooperation.
Thirdly, legal and institutional modification for evaluation of local festivals should be needed. In applying practical meta-evaluation of local festivals, law should establish basis evaluation law on local festivals and meta-evaluation regulations of local festivals should be specified.
Fourthly, in fitting to festival characteristics, appropriate evaluation index should be developed. By developing evaluation index for matching types of local festivals, the evaluation considering the characteristics of local festivals should be conducted.