지역 숙련 거버넌스 제도화의 조건과 과제

Abstract

The importance of regions in active labor market policies is growing gradually. This is because jobs policies that encompass employment and vocational training are more effective when they reflect the characteristics of the region and can achieve their goals by maximizing the potential of the region. In other words, understanding the characteristics of local labor markets is necessary to ensure that employment policies put the right people at the right place, is imperative to execute vocational training policies to supply skills that match industry characteristics. Besides, the policy trend of local decentralization to solve the problem of concentration in the capital area and the principle of autonomy that local problems are solved locally continue to strengthen the role of regions. The central government has actively promoted local governance policies that reflect locality and collaborate with regions to solve labor market problems. The idea was for local stakeholders to identify labor market issues, identify alternatives, and implement policies through a collaborative system of governance. However, policy governance at the local level to address job issues has not been effective despite the existence of an institutional framework. The reasons for this can be classified into two aspects. One is that it was not possible to have concrete discussions and actions on different job issues of employment and skills as they are handled under the same governance. The other is the lack of governance that engages stakeholders because the framework was focusing on the narrow issue of vocational training, which is part of the skills issue. ...