Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 31192, Nov. 24, 2020
Article 1 (Purpose) |
Article 2 (Organization of Committee for International Development Cooperation) |
(1) | “The heads of central administrative agencies, heads of related agencies or organizations determined by Presidential Decree” in Article 7 (3) of the Framework Act on International Development Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) means the following persons: |
1. | The Minister of Education; |
2. | The Minister of Science and ICT; |
3. | The Minister of the Interior and Safety; |
4. | The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; |
5. | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; |
6. | The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy; |
7. | The Minister of Health and Welfare; |
8. | The Minister of Environment; |
9. | The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family; |
10. | The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; |
11. | The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries; |
12. | The Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of Korea prescribed in the Export-Import Bank of Korea Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Export-Import Bank of Korea"); |
13. | The President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency prescribed in the Korea International Cooperation Agency Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Korea International Cooperation Agency"). |
(2) | The term of office of members commissioned by the Chairperson of the Committee (hereinafter referred to as “commissioned member”) from among persons who have abundant knowledge and experience in accordance with paragraph (3) and are members of the Committee for International Development Cooperation prescribed in Article 7 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “Committee”) shall be two years: |
Article 3 (Operation of Committee) |
(1) | The Chairperson of the Committee shall represent and take charge of the duties of the Committee. |
(2) | Where the Chairperson is unable to perform duties due to any unavoidable cause, a member predesignated by the Chairperson shall perform the duties on behalf of the Chairperson. |
(3) | The Chairperson of the Committee shall call and preside over Committee meetings. |
(4) | Supervising agencies may request the Chairperson to call a meeting, where necessary for the coordination, deliberation and decision by the Committee. |
(5) | A quorum for Committee meetings shall be a majority of members on the register, and any decision thereof shall require the concurring vote of a majority of those present. |
(6) | The Chairperson of the Committee may request the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, local governments or public institutions, public officials, executive officers or employees belonging to such agencies, etc. or relevant specialists to attend a meeting to hear their opinions, where necessary for coordination, deliberation and decision by the Committee. |
Article 4 (Organization and Operation of Working Committee) |
(1) | The working committee of international development cooperation prescribed in Article 7 (5) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “working committee”) shall consist of not more than 30 members including a Chairperson. |
(2) | The First Vice Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination shall be the chairperson of the working committee. |
(3) | The following persons shall be members of the working committee: |
1. | Persons from among public officials who are on a Senior Executive Service position (including public officials corresponding thereto) in an agency to which members (excluding the Chairperson and commissioned members) of the Committee belong or executive officers, designated by the head of the agency; |
2. | Persons commissioned by the Chairperson of the Committee in consideration of gender, from among persons with abundant knowledge and experience in international development cooperation. |
(4) | The term of office of members falling under paragraph (3) 2 shall be two years: |
(5) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 3 shall apply |
Article 5 (Request for Cooperation to Related Institutions) |
(1) | The Committee may request the related institutions, such as supervising agencies and implementing agencies to provide cooperation, such as the submission of materials or the presentation of opinions where necessary to perform its business. |
(2) | The Committee may request the relevant central administrative agencies, local governments or other related institutions, corporations or organizations to dispatch public officials, executive officers or employees under their jurisdiction where necessary to operate the Committee and perform the business of its administrative organization pursuant to Article 9. |
Article 6 (Allowances) |
Article 7 (Detailed Operational Rules) |
Article 8 (Formulation of Comprehensive Strategies for International Development Cooperation) |
Article 9 (Development Cooperation Strategy Meeting) |
(1) | A development cooperation strategy meeting under Article 13 (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "strategy meeting") shall be comprised of 17 members, including one chairperson. |
(2) | The chairperson of a strategy meeting shall be the head of a supervising agency in an area under its respective jurisdiction. |
(3) | The following persons shall be members of a strategy meetinge: |
1. | Persons from among vice ministers or vice ministerial-level public officials of the central administrative agencies to which members (excluding the Chairperson and commissioned members) of the Committee belong, designated by the head of the relevant central administrative agency; |
2. | Persons from among executive officers of the Export-Import Bank of Korea or the Korea International Cooperation Agency, designated by the head of the relevant institution. |
(4) | The chairperson of a strategy meeting may have public officials, executive officers or employees belonging to the relevant central administrative agencies, local governments or public institutions or relevant specialists attend a meeting to hear their opinions, where necessary for deliberation and coordination by the strategy meeting. |
(5) | Article 6 shall apply |
(6) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (5), matters necessary for the composition and operation of a strategy meeting shall be prescribed by supervising agencies. |
Article 10 (Formulation of Comprehensive Implementation Plans for International Development Cooperation) |
(1) | Supervising agencies shall prepare guidelines specifying the details, formulating methods, timing for submitting, etc. a draft annual implementation plan for international development cooperation under Article 14 (2) of the Act and notify the implementing agencies thereof. |
(2) | Supervising agencies may request the implementing agencies to submit necessary materials for formulating a draft area-specific implementation plan under Article 14 (4). |
Article 11 (Selection of Priority Partner Countries and Establishment of Mid-Term Assistance Strategies) |
(1) | Supervising agencies may submit their opinion on the standards for selection, scope of countries qualified as priority partner countries necessary for selecting priority partner countries pursuant to Article 15 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “priority partner country”) to the Committee. |
(2) | The Committee shall prepare guidelines specifying the details, formulating methods, timing for submitting, etc. the mid-term assistance strategy plans under Article 15 (2) of the Act and notify the supervising agencies thereof. |
(3) | Where circumstance is changed, such as change in the situation of priority partner countries, the Committee may amend mid-term assistance strategy plans for the relevant countries following its decision, after hearing opinions from supervising agencies. |
(4) | Where supervising agencies submit materials to the competent standing committee of the National Assembly pursuant to Article 15 (4) of the Act, they shall submit them in writing. |
Article 12 (Criteria, Timing, and Methods of Evaluation and Reflection) |
(1) | Evaluation under Article 16 (1) and (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “evaluation of international development cooperation”) shall be conducted, taking into account evaluation standards determined by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. |
(2) | Evaluation of international development cooperation shall be conducted annually in accordance with the guidelines on evaluating international development cooperation under Article 16 (1) of the Act: |
(3) | Evaluation of international development cooperation may be conducted jointly with external experts and developing countries, etc. |
(4) | The Committee may hear opinions of the governments and people of developing countries in the course of evaluation on policies and projects and programs related to international development cooperation under Article 16 (1) of the Act and may conduct an on-site evaluation (including an local evaluation in developing countries), if necessary. |
(5) | Where implementing international development cooperation projects and programs, implementing agencies shall endeavor to reflect the results of evaluation of international development cooperation. |
Article 13 (Expert Committee for Evaluation of International Development Cooperation) |
(1) | In order to efficiently conduct evaluation of international development cooperation, the Committee may establish an expert committee for evaluation of international development cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the “expert committee for evaluation”) in the Committee. |
(2) | Article 6 shall apply |
(3) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (2), matters necessary for the composition and operation of the expert committee for evaluation shall be determined by the chairperson following a decision by the Committee. |
Article 14 (Publication of Direction and Major Achievements of International Development Cooperation) |
1. | Important matters among the results of coordination, deliberation and decision by the Committee under Article 7 (4) of the Act; |
2. | Matters concerning support for civil international development cooperation organizations and their associations under Article 17 of the Act; |
3. | Results of evaluation of international development cooperation; |
4. | Other matters concerning major policies, projects and programs, and statistics related to international development cooperation. |
Article 15 (Statistical Information on International Development Cooperation) |
(1) | The Committee shall take necessary measures to prevent the forgery, alteration, damage, destruction, or electronic infringement of data managed by the electronic information system under Article 21 (1) of the Act. |
(2) | The Committee shall prepare guidelines specifying the details to be submitted, methods and timing for submitting, etc. statistical information related to international development cooperation every year, in consultation with supervising agencies, and notify implementing agencies thereof. |
(3) | The Committee shall deliver the result of the monitoring under Article 21 (5) of the Act to implementing agencies, and may provide support for education, etc. in cooperation with supervising agencies, for implementing agencies to faithfully submit statistical information related to international development cooperation. |
Article 16 (Local Consultative Body) |