[사건의내막 / 문홍철 기자] = 옛 경제기획원과 유사한 모델로 인구전략기획부를 신설해 그 장관이 사회부총리를 맡고 인구정책 전반을 포괄하는 컨트롤타워 역할을 한다.
또한, 정무장관도 신설해 민생과 주요 개혁과제 관련 이해관계 갈등 조정, 국회-정부 간 원활한 소통 등 정무 기능을 강화한다.
정부는 1일 고위당정협의 등을 거쳐 인구전략기획부를 신설하는 등의 내용을 담은 정부조직 개편방안을 발표했다.
정부는 이번 개편방안을 반영한 정부조직법 및 저출산·고령사회기본법 개정안을 이번 달 중에 발의해 조속한 처리에 나선다.
정부는 먼저, 저출생뿐만 아니라 고령사회 대응, 인력·이민 등 인구정책 전반을 포괄하는 컨트롤타워로 인구전략기획부를 신설한다.
인구전략기획부는 전략·기획, 조정 기능에 집중할 수 있도록 경제기획원과 유사한 모델로 설계해 인구정책 기획, 평가, 예산배분·조정 및 사회부총리 기능을 수행하며, 출산·아동·노인은 복지부, 일가정양립은 고용부·여가부, 가족·청소년은 여가부 등 구체적 정책과 사업은 각 부처가 담당한다.
또한, 보건복지부의 저출산·고령사회 법령 및 정책 등 인구정책과 기획재정부의 인구에 관한 중장기 국가발전전략 기능 등 인구 관련 중장기 발전전략을 이관하고 부문별 전략·기획 기능을 신설한다.
조사·분석·평가와 예산배분·조정 기능도 신설해 각 부처의 인구위기대응정책에 대해 조사·분석·평가하며, 각 부처의 저출생 사업에 대해 사전 예산배분·조정을 한다.
아울러, 사회부총리를 교육부 장관에서 인구전략기획부 장관으로 변경하고, 문화·인식개선 전담 부서와 실장급 대변인 설치로 문화·인식개선, 홍보 기능을 강화한다.
인구정책 기초자료로 인구 관련 통계 분석·연구 기능도 강화한다.
이를 위해 정부조직법을 개정해 인구전략기획부 신설 및 사회부총리 변경 등 부처 간 기능을 조정한다.
저출산·고령사회기본법도 개정해 현 대통령 소속 저출산·고령사회위원회를 인구전략기획부 장관 소속 자문위원회로 변경하고 사무처를 폐지하며, 신설 부에 저출생 관련 예산 사전심의 권한을 부여한다.
정부는 이와 함께, 정무장관을 신설해 민생과 주요 개혁과제 관련 이해관계 갈등 조정, 국회-정부 간 원활한 소통 등 정무 기능을 강화하고, 이해관계 복잡·다변화 등으로 단일 부처에서 대응하기 어려운 문제를 민첩하게 해결한다.
대통령이 특별히 지정하는 사무 또는 대통령의 명을 받아 국무총리가 특별히 지정하는 사무를 수행하며, 장관 업무 보좌를 위한 최소한의 기구·인력으로 구성한다.
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Establishment of Deputy Prime Minister-level Population Strategy Planning Department… Low birth rate and aging response control tower
Announcement of government organization reorganization plan... A new Minister of Political Affairs was also established, and conflicts of interest were adjusted for people's livelihood and reform tasks.
This month, amendments to the Government Organization Act and the Framework Act on Low Birth Rate and Aging Society were proposed and promptly passed.
[Inside story of the case / Reporter Moon Hong-cheol] = The Population Strategy Planning Department was established in a similar model to the old Economic Planning Board, with the Minister serving as the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Acting as a control tower encompassing overall population policy.
In addition, a new Minister of Political Affairs will be established to strengthen political functions, such as mediation of conflicts of interest related to people's livelihood and major reform tasks, and smooth communication between the National Assembly and the government.
On the 1st, the government announced a plan to reorganize the government organization, including the establishment of a population strategy planning department after high-level party-government consultations.
The government plans to propose amendments to the Government Organization Act and the Framework Act on Low Birth Rate and Aging Society within this month to promptly process them, reflecting this reorganization plan.
First, the government will establish a Department of Population Strategy Planning as a control tower that covers not only low birth rates but also overall population policy, including response to an aging society and human resources and immigration.
The Population Strategy Planning Department was designed with a model similar to the Economic Planning Board to focus on strategy, planning, and coordination functions, and performs the functions of population policy planning, evaluation, budget allocation and coordination, and the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs. The Department of Maternity, Children, and the Elderly is handled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Work and Family Affairs. Each ministry is responsible for specific policies and projects, such as the Ministry of Employment and Gender Equality and Family Affairs for coexistence, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family for family and youth.
In addition, population-related mid- to long-term development strategies, such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare's population policies such as low birth rate and aging society laws and policies, and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's mid- to long-term national development strategy function on population, will be transferred and new sectoral strategy and planning functions will be established.
Research, analysis, evaluation and budget allocation and adjustment functions are also newly established to investigate, analyze and evaluate the population crisis response policies of each ministry, and make preliminary budget allocation and adjustments for each ministry's low birth rate projects.
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs will be changed from the Minister of Education to the Minister of Population Strategy and Planning, and the culture, awareness improvement, and public relations functions will be strengthened by establishing a department dedicated to culture and awareness improvement and a director-level spokesperson.
Population-related statistical analysis and research functions will also be strengthened using basic population policy data.
To this end, the Government Organization Act will be revised to coordinate functions between ministries, including the establishment of the Population Strategy Planning Department and the change of the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs.
The Framework Act on Low Birth Rate and Aging Society is also revised, changing the current President's Low Birth Rate and Aging Society Committee to an advisory committee under the Minister of Population Strategy and Planning, abolishing the Secretariat, and granting the authority to pre-deliberate budgets related to low birth rate to a new department.
In addition, the government established a new Minister of Political Affairs to strengthen political functions such as mediation of conflicts of interest related to people's livelihood and major reform tasks and smooth communication between the National Assembly and the government, and to quickly address issues that are difficult for a single ministry to respond to due to complexity and diversification of interests. Solve it properly.
It carries out affairs specially designated by the President or by the Prime Minister under the orders of the President, and is composed of the minimum number of organizations and personnel to assist the Minister in his work.
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