지방자치단체 남북교류협력 활성화를 위한 현행 법률의 개정방안 - 이른바 남북교류협력 ‘3법’과 지방자치법을 중심으로 -

The role of local governments is important to revitalize inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, and there are clear limitations only with the efforts of the central government. However, due to the current law, local governments are not actively promoting inter-Korean exchange and cooperation. The reason is that the provisions of the current law on inter-Korean exchange and cooperation are not sufficient. Therefore, this study set the project subjectivity of local governments, financial support, establishment of consultative bodies, and identification of the nature of inter-Korean exchange and cooperation affairs of local governments as review issues for the promotion of inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation of local governments, and drew up detailed measures to revise laws subject to review, including the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act, the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund Act, and the Local Autonomy Act. In other words, this study proposed the following amendments as a revised plan of the current law to promote inter-Korean exchange and cooperation of local governments. It is the revised bill of the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act (Articles 7 to 10) and the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act (Article 2) to recognize the subjectivity of local governments, the amendment to the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund Act (Article 8) for direct support from the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund, the amendment to the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act (Article 5) to establish a consultative body in which local governments participate, amendment of the Local Autonomy Act (Article 9) for the systematic interpretation of the inter-Korean exchange and cooperation acts and the Local Autonomy Act, and the amendment to the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act (Article 17-3 newly established) for special cases in cooperative projects promoted by local governments.