지역인적자원 공동개발방안

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Today's economy is defined by knowledge. Knowledge is growing and changing so rapidly, that our society has to become one of life-long education. The Korean national government has understood that the development of human resources is the most important factor in order to cope with the intense international competition. Our government tries to implement measures to awaken the potentials in the development of the talents of each person.
We can classify human resources into four categories: international talent, national talent, regional talent and general talent. In developing human resources, the Korean government has decided to focus on the regional level. But, until now, those regional human resources have not been clearly defined. And, their cultivation poses many problems.
Firstly, most of the local governments lack a strategy to cultivate best human resources in specific fields and they fail to cooperate with local universities and colleges. Our local governments tend to disregard the importance of human resource development and do not maintain specific departments of social education. They have to cooperate with established educational organizations to supply workers in demand to the local economy and give financial support to educate such human resources. That is the main strategy to reduce unemployment rates.
Secondly, each local government confines its efforts for the improvement of local human resources to people from its own region. But, local companies must compete with international enterprises and they have to have internationally competitive resources in order to survive in a global economy. In a highly centralized society such as ours, there remain few outstanding talents in local universities. So, the local governments must not confine their efforts to human resources within their boundaries. If local universities can educate international human resources, then those talents can help to improve the local economy.
Thirdly, there is no cooperation system between local governments, like in the case of Busan, Kyungnam, Ulsan and Jeju. These regions are in dire need of human resources. Those governments must establish educational strategies to supply workers to the companies in local provinces. Local governments have to divide their roles in cultivating international human resources in specific fields.
In conclusion, central and local government must recognize the importance of the cultivation of specific human resources and cooperate in that endeavour.