| Ways of improving the delivery system of Korean forest welfare services | |||
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| Author | Koo, Jachoon | ||
| Views | 31173 | Publication Date | 2022.04.08 |
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Research Background ○The government has actively responded to the diversified demand for forest welfare services, including forest therapy, forest education, and recreation. It has made efforts to provide opportunities for a new business to the private sector. ○Currently, the national support for forest welfare is well established. A related law is in place with a public institution to enforce it. The government also trains 3,000 forest welfare experts every year. Although the scope of forest welfare has expanded with such an effort, there are limitations in the service delivery process, such as matching beneficiaries and suppliers. On the supply side in particular, while the role of the public sector is very significant, the participation of the private sector has dwindled. As a result, consumers did not receive sufficient benefit from forest welfare services due to mismatching between supply and demand. ○Under this background, this study aims to diagnose the current state of supply and demand of forest welfare service and suggest an efficient delivery process of forest welfare service. Research Methodology ○To diagnose the "right state" of the delivery process of forest welfare service, we developed the evaluation criteria including relevance, continuity, equality, integration, expertise, and accessibility. We set policy analysis, comparative analysis, case study, and supply and demand forecasts according to these criteria. To investigate the achievement and importance of the current project, we examined IPA analysis. In addition, we specified the delivery process of forest welfare service through the perspective of social welfare. We also discussed the case study in Japan, where the government's role is relatively significant in forest welfare. The demand analysis was conducted for the general public, recreational forest users and applicants, and voucher holders and users. For supply analysis, we interviewed officials from a public institution, which account for a large proportion of the supply sector. We also analyze the characteristics of the supply sector based on interviews with forest welfare specialists and experts. A workshop was held to predict future supply and demand. To obtain accurate results, the analysis target was separated, such as the demand of the general public and the supply of forest welfare experts. (For more information, please refer to the report.) |
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