There is an organization called the Presidential Committee on Green Growth
(PCGG). It is a commission made after the inauguration of Lee Myung-Bak’s
administration. It is also a place enthusiastic about keeping both “Green” and
“Development”. But you might be surprised to see the budget plan of the Steering Committee of the
National Assembly.
There are some interesting
statistics in the 2010 Status of the PCGG research (p.56 of the
attached report). In total, 1.99 billion won of the entire research budget, 2
billion, was used. Surprisingly, everything turned out to be negotiated
contracts excluding the competition and 64 billion won.
Status of the PCGG research
[2010 Status of the research]
(unit : 1000won)
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Subject
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Budget
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Used
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Contract Period
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Contract Form
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Contract institution
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1
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Research on the evaluation and selection of EcoRich
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50,000
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50,000
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’10.04.06
~ ’11.01.05
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Negotiation
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The Korea Land & Housing Corporation
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2
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Research on the government functions and organizations
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30,000
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30,000
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’10.05.19
~ ’10.08.18
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Negotiation
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SNU R&DB Foundation
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3
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The operation of Green Korean peninsula Forum
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49,000
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49,000
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’10.06.03
~ ’11.01.25
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Negotiation
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Korea Institute for National Unification
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4
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Project research on the conditions of Korean
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50,000
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49,500
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’10.06.03
~ ’10.10.25
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Negotiation
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Korea Environment Institute
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5
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Establishment of the direction and development
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760,000
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760,000
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’10.06.03~’10.12.31
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Negotiation
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Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning
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6
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A comparative analysis of EU Climate Change Policies
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10,000
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10,000
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’10.06.25
~ ’10.09.27
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Negotiation
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Korea Legislation Research Institute
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7
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Research on the
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298,,000
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297,000
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’10.07.21~’11.5.31
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Negotiation
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Yonsei University Office of Research Affairs and
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8
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Study on the selection and preparation of subjects of a
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197,000
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195,800
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’10.07.22
~ ’11.02.28
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Negotiation
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Korea Energy Economics Institute
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9
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Support in the establishment of execution plans by
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50,000
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49,000
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’10.09.13
~ ’11.04.09
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Negotiation
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Korea Environment Institute |
10
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Development of urban agriculture through a comparative analysis
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30,000
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30,000
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’10.10.1~’10.12.31
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Negotiation
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Daeryook Aju
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11
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Collaborative study on Green Banking at an APEC level
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90,000
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90,000
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’10.10.01
~ ’10.12.15
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Negotiation
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Dankook Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
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12
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A Study on the improvement of policies
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90,000
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88,000
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’10.10.06
~ ’11.02.05
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Negotiation
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JJ-Industry Cooperation Foundation
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13
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Research on development strategies of Korean peninsula’s
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50,000
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49,800
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’10.10.15
~ ’11.03.14
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Negotiation
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Korea Environment Institute
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14
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International case studies of small and medium sized
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38,000
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37,347
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’10.10.18
~ ’11.01.17
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Negotiation
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Beacon Consulting
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15
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The direction and strategies of Green Development in
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50,000
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49,800
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’10.10.28
~ ’11.2.28
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Negotiation
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Korea Environment Institute
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16
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Regulation reform for the green
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20,000
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20,000
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’10.11.02
~ ’10.12.01
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Negotiation
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Korea Legislation Research Institute
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17
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Analysis of the international,
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50,000
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49,900
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’10.12.17
~ ’11.3.16
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Negotiation
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SNU R&DB Foundation
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18
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Research on the
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40,000
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40,000
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’10.12.06
~ ’11.3.5
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Negotiation
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Technovalue
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19
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Plans on enhancing the competitiveness
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28,000
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27,100
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’10.12.27
~ ’11.6.24
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Competition
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Alpha Solution Consulting
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20
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Analysis of causes and improvement
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20,000
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20,000
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’10.12.24
~ ’11.3.23
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Negotiation
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Hoseo Institutions of Industry-Academic Cooperation
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Total
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2,000,000
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1,992,247
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A 760 million won worth project, “Establishment of the
direction and development strategies of Green technology R&D investment
distribution”, has been made into a negotiated
contract with Korea Institute of
S&T Evaluation and Planning. (Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and
Planning has conducted research on the R&D of Green Technology. The research
has been conducted with segmented themes such as 27 Important Green Technology,
4 Focus Areas (Energy, Preservation of Environment, High efficiency of energy,
Greenization of Industrial Spaces) along with the “Analysis of the 2010
National R&D Project of Green Technology”
PCGG one again signs the negotiated contract with Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and
Planning for a same project in 2011.
A 297 million won worth negotiated
contract was made for the “Research on the prospect of the greenhouse gas
exhaustion and establishment of reduction target system by sector”. This seems
enough to call this committee the Presidential Committee on “Negotiated
Contracts” instead of “Green Growth”. Who would believe that the contracts were
fair when more than 90% is negotiated contracts?
Fortunately, it
dramatically decreased in 2011 and 2012. What happened in 2010?
The negotiated contract is a system that
needs to be avoided in order to prevent corruption. Due to this, every
organization is trying to avoid negotiated contracts as much as possible.
Although the achievement of the PCGG has to be discussed at a later date, such
forms of contracts appear to be very inappropriate. More effort should be made
not to repeat the past.
You can find the
entire data below.