The ｢Assessment of the 2014 Performance Plan of the Korean Government｣ reviewed the relationship between the performance and budget plans of the Korean government based on 32 themes, including key fiscal issues of the overall national finances, national projects that require large investments, and joint projects run by multiple ministries. The assessment proposed how to review the budget plans for existing programs and reviewed the appropriateness of the budget plans for new programs by examining the necessity of the programs and pre-assessing their effectiveness.
     
      This report evaluated programs using the 32 assessment themes by categorizing them into 'inter-ministerial,' 'economic and industrial,' and 'social and administrative' programs. According to the assessment result, the report proposed 15 items on budget adjustments, 49 items on institutional system revisions, 13 items on legislation and law revisions, and 25 items on modifications of performance plans.
     
      According to the assessment on the performance management of ‘inter-ministerial' programs, many programs lacked credibility in their performance plan, including factors such as performance indicators, targets and calculation methodologies and also showed little correlation between performance and budget plans. 
     
      The Senior Employment Program, a representative inter-ministerial program, should incorporate budget plans on employment subsidies by considering the number of executions and their feasibility. People aged 50 and over mainly take part in direct job programs with low wages and are neglected from the job training programs. There are only a few institutions that provide employment services specifically for seniors, and they are budgeting for employment subsidies without considering execution performance or feasibility.
     
      In relation to the Multi-cultural Family Support Program, there is a possibility of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family carrying out duplicative ｢Korean Language Education Programs｣ and spending excessive budgets. Thus, the two ministries should review the plan to jointly operate the Korean Language Education Program. The ｢Visiting Education Service Program｣ needs to have stricter qualification standards since the scope of applicants is wide with unclear criteria despite the costly services.
     
      The Urban Flooding Prevention Program revealed a concern of excessive investment since the drainage facilities of the Ministry of Environment and the National Emergency Management Agency share common objectives and functions. The two bodies need to collaborate to prevent any excessive installations of sewage water facilities by the Ministry of Environment and rain water facilities by the National Emergency Management Agency. The selection procedure of the locations for the rain water drainage facilities need to be improved so that they are installed in places that have frequent damage from flooding.