'Explanation materials of the Ministry of Culture's Ministry of Education worth 41.6 billion won in daily sports'Doesn't it mean that only the Korea Sports Council should execute the sports budget?'
Aug 29, 2024
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on the 28th that the next year's budget of 7.1214 trillion won passed the Cabinet meeting"The sports budget increased by 3.6% to KRW 1.6751 trillion, the largest increase among each sector," he said.
It became a hot topic that some of the sports budgets (41.6 billion won) that have been supported in the region through the Korea Sports Association will be converted into local cooperation projects. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism directly grants some of the budgets that were issued through the Korean Sports Association to local governments, the Office of Education and the local sports association. This includes support for local autonomous sports activities (14 billion won), exciting weekend sports programs (14 billion won), support for the school sports department (3.3 billion won), support for school sports (2.1 billion won), support for opening school sports facilities (4.2 billion won), and support for local sports associations (3.9 billion won).
In response to this, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 29th that it will convert some of the sports budget for all life (41.6 billion won) that was provided to the region through the Korea Sports Association to local cooperation projects. Starting with this, the budget system will be further reorganized, including support from sports organizations, to implement effective sports policies, but the size of the budget to be changed has not been confirmed" he said. The principle of reorganizing the budget system for sports organizations is to expand practical support to athletes and leaders in the field, increase public awareness, expand the autonomy of sports organizations, support the base and strengthen performance from a mid- to long-term perspective, and strengthen fairness, transparency and accountability in subsidy management."
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has converted part of the living sports budget to regional cooperation projects for expanding the budget (matching national and local expenses) and regional customized support (programs tailored to local preferences and facility conditions). In the meantime, state subsidies and local subsidies have been provided to local sports organizations, but the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism cannot manage detailed organization and execution of local subsidies, and local governments have the same problem with state subsidiesIf the budget system reorganization allows local governments to manage subsidies in an integrated manner, it is expected that the blind spot of subsidy management will be resolved. "The Ministry of Culture announced that it has formed a consensus and collected opinions through a meeting of the head of the provincial sports bureau in March and a meeting of the head of the provincial sports division in May regarding this direction."
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is considering reorganization in accordance with the 'Provisions of Support for Sports Organizations' and detailed projects have not yet been finalized" he said. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism then refuted the claim of the Korean Sports Council that the reorganization of the budget system for supporting sports organizations violates Article 33 of the National Sports Promotion Act with four arguments. "First, it can be seen as an argument that the state and local governments cannot carry out the affairs related to sports promotion and that the Korean Sports Council should do all the projects. Article 33 of the National Sports Promotion Act argued that it does not mean that the state and local governments cannot carry out sports promotion affairs, or that the Korean Sports Council should execute all sports budgets. Secondly, apart from the approximately 420 billion won budget provided to the Korean Sports Council, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will directly provide more than 100 billion won to sports organizations such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball, bicycle, track and field, go, mountain, and wrestling as of 2024. Third, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submitted a proposal during the government budgeting process and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance deliberated on it to confirm the reorganization of the living sports budget, he said. "The Korean Sports Council's claim is that not only the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, but also the Ministry of Economy and Finance, are violating the law." "Fourth, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is in charge of sports policy, has the authority to select subsidiaries to strengthen the efficiency of policies." he insisted. Below is the full text of the explanation provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the direction of reorganization of the budget system for supporting sports organizations.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced yesterday (Aug. 28) the 2025 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's budget and announced that some (41.6 billion won) of the sports budget provided to the region through the Korea Sports Association will be converted into local cooperation projects. Starting with this, the budget system will be further reorganized, including support from sports organizations, to implement effective sports policies, but the size of the budget to be changed has not been confirmed.
What is the principle of reorganizing the budget system for sports organizations?Expand practical support to athletes and leaders in the field and increase public awareness?Expanding the autonomy of sports organizations, supporting the expansion of the base and strengthening performance from a mid- to long-term perspective, and strengthening fairness, transparency and accountability in subsidy management.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has converted part of the living sports budget to regional cooperation projects to expand the budget (matching national and local expenses) and provide customized support (programs tailored to local preferences and facility conditions). In the meantime, state subsidies and local subsidies have been provided to local sports associations, but the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism cannot manage detailed organization/execution of local subsidies, and local governments have had the same problem with state subsidies. If the reorganization of the budget system allows local governments to manage subsidies in an integrated manner, it is expected to resolve the blind spot of subsidy management. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is also announcing that they have gathered opinions and formed a consensus on this direction through the meeting of the head of the city sports bureau ('24.March)' and '24.May'.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is reviewing reorganization in accordance with the support for sports organizations 'Principles', and detailed projects have not yet been confirmed.
On the other hand, we will explain together with the Korean Sports Council's claim that the reorganization of the budget system for supporting sports organizations violates Article 33 of the National Sports Promotion Act.
First, this can be seen as an argument that the state and local governments cannot carry out affairs related to sports promotion and that the Korean Sports Council should do all the projects. However, Article 33 of the National Sports Promotion Act does not mean that the State and local governments under the same Act (Articles 3, 8, 10, 10-2 etc.) cannot carry out affairs related to sports promotion, or that the Korea Sports Association should carry out all sports budgets.
Second, aside from the 420 billion won budget provided to the Korean Sports Council, the ministry still provides more than 100 billion won directly to sports organizations such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball, bicycle, track and field, go, mountain, and wrestling as of 2024.
Third, the partial reorganization of the living sports budget was confirmed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism during the government budgeting process and deliberated by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. The KOC's claim is that not only the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism but also the Ministry of Economy and Finance are violating the law.
Fourth, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is in charge of sports policy, has the authority to select subsidiaries to strengthen the efficiency of policies. The Guidelines for Integrated Management of National Subsidies under the Subsidy Management Act (Article 13, Criteria for Selection of Supplementary Providers) stipulates that the head of the central government office can select a subsidiary business operator in consideration of the financial stability, self-burden capability, ability to survive as a continuing company, history of violations of the Act on Business Performance, business capability, and appropriateness of the business management system.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will announce the plan to reform the budget system for supporting sports organizations as soon as it is finalized.
sky4us@sportschosun.com
