ackground of Research
The purpose of this research is to evaluate policy groups included in ‘Improvement of Quality of Life for Farmers and Fishermen and Rural Development Scheme’. A policy group means a series of programmes or projects concerning a particular objective(There are 22 policy groups about 7 subjects in the scheme). For the year 2012, we evaluated two policy groups; ① Green growth policy for rural areas, ② Local capacity building policy. The evaluation follows the phases of 'policy formation' ­ 'policy execution' - 'policy outcome'.

Method of Research
In order to evaluate the concerning policies, we set up the evaluation framework and the major considerations of each evaluation phase are as follows.

∙policy formation: appropriacy of the objective of the policy group and appropriacy of policy means to achieve the objective
∙policy execution: implementation system of the concerning policy group and efficiency of the executive process
∙policy outcome: result, outcome and ripple effect of the policy group

We used research methods such as literature reviews and statistical analyses about concerning programmes/projects and conducted a surveys of rural residents and local public officials.

Research Results and Implications
① Green growth policy for rural areas
The present policy is restricted to objectives to reduce heating expenses, paying little attention to matters regarding creating green jobs and building systems for rural green growth. And the policy group is lacking sufficient programmes and projects to achieve present goals and objectives. Co-ordination of policy between the central government ministries is not organised well. Rural residents and public officials are lacking awareness of green growth policy.
However, we can find some energy saving effects in farmers who use wood pellet boilers or ground water heat pump system. And more and more people in rural areas are realizing the importance of measures for green growth such as green village making and using of renewable energy.
From the result, we suggest that objectives in Improvement of Quality of Life Scheme policy measures be revised. Considering the goal of improving quality of general rural residents' life, policy measures targeting more people should be strengthened.

② Local capacity building policy
Performance indicators for local capacity building in rural areas which are suggested in the 'Improvement of Quality of Life for Farmers and Fishermen and Rural Development Scheme' are not suitable for measurement of policy outcomes and performance management. And there is lack of policy measures to strengthen the local capacity. Programmes for rural residents' capacity building are mainly adopted in sites which are directly linked to the government funding. Therefore, they have a limited effect on rural capacity building in general.
Horizontal governance based on residents' participation and public- private partnership has been built in only few areas. Expert system to support rural development processes is not effectively working in most regions.
To enhance residents' capacity for rural development, we need a phased system for gradually supporting capacity building activities of rural people. And we should also establish a planning system which link local development plans and capacity building processes in rural areas.

Researchers: Joo-In Seong, Dae-Shik Park, Mi-Hyoung Cho and Young-Gwang Han.
Research Period: 2012.5～2012.12
E-mail Address: jiseong@krei.re.kr