EU의 농촌개발사업 평가체계와 시사점－농촌마을사업 선정⋅평가를 중심으로－ = EU Rural Development Evaluation System and Implication for Rural Development in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

There is an inescapable requirement in public policy to provide evidence.
For the evaluation of the EU Rural Development Policy, the EuropeanCommission has designed a Common Monitoring and EvaluationFramework(CMEF). The principal objectives of evaluations are to improvedecision-making, resource allocation and accountability.
In Korea, howerver, the opinion-based policy by expert is still ruraldevelopment evaluation system. It does not provide the objectivequantitative indicators for impact of rural development project. Accordingto this, the budget-making body (parliament, government, etc.) havequestioned the effectiveness of rural development projects, ruraldevelopment projects often reduced or changed. To improve theaccountability of rural development policy, it is necessary to build a reliablemonitoring and evaluation system based on the evidence. First, ruraldevelopment evaluation indicators should be considered the multipul goalof rural development, namely economic development, social development.
Second, the purpose of the evaluation is necessary to be designed for thelearning rather than reward. Third, the participation by local residentsshould be strengthened in evaluation process. Finally, it is necessary toestablish rural development monitoring and evaluation system, such asCMEF of the EU (CMEF).

국문 초록 (Abstract)

경제 침체로 인한 예산부족으로 공공정책이 증거(evidence)에 기반해야 한다는 요구는점점 증대되고 있다. 선진국 특히 EU의 경우 농촌개발사업의 석명성(accountability)을확보하기 위해 1980년대부터 체계적인 평가체계를 구축하여 왔다. 그러나 국내 농촌개발사업 평가체계는 대부분 전문가의 의견을 중심으로 한 평가에 의존하는 초보적인수준에 머물고 있다. 이에 따라 농촌개발 정책들에 대해 회의적인 시각을 가지고있는 예산결정기구(의회, 정부부처 등) 담당자들에게 해당 정책사업의 수행실적이나성과에 대한 객관적인 정량적 지표를 제시하지 못하고 있어 사업이 자주 축소 혹은변경되는 문제가 발생하고 있다. 농촌개발분야 공공예산 집행에 대한 석명성과 사업수행과정에서의 시행착오를 통한 학습효과를 극대화하기 위해서는 체계적인 사업계획의수립과 함께, 사실과 증거에 근거한 사업수행 및 수정을 위한 신뢰성있는 모니터링및 평가체계구축이 필요하다. 첫째, 경제개발과 함께 사회개발을 주요 목표로 설정하고 평가지표를 구성할 필요가 있다. 둘째, 평가의 사후 목적이 상벌보다는 교육적목적이 우선되도록 설계될 필요가 있다. 이를 위해서는 농촌마을사업이 ‘선택과 집중모델’에서 ‘확산 모델’로 정책방향을 변경해야 한다. 셋째, 사업선정과 평가에 지역주민참여를 통한 민주성을 강화할 필요성이 있다. 넸째, EU의 공통모니터링 및 평가틀(CMEF)와 같은 농촌개발 모니터링 및 평가시스템 구축이 필요하다.

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