In order to attain the national goal of regionally balanced development, a method for enhancing the innovative capacity of the local government, which will be the subject of decentralization, as well as decentralization itself as a legal, systemic device should be studied and theorized. With this perspective, this study performed a preliminary analysis on the composition and assessment of an index to prepare a system that can assess the innovative capacity of a local government. The index was composed of personal factors, physical factors in terms of system, procedure and finance and external environmental factors in terms of politics, economy, society and culture. The validity and the results of the index were reviewed by manipulating and assessing the items and variables in each area. Based on the results, I suggest perspectives on de

In order to attain the national goal of regionally balanced development, a method for enhancing the innovative capacity of the local government, which will be the subject of decentralization, as well as decentralization itself as a legal, systemic device should be studied and theorized. With this perspective, this study performed a preliminary analysis on the composition and assessment of an index to prepare a system that can assess the innovative capacity of a local government. The index was composed of personal factors, physical factors in terms of system, procedure and finance and external environmental factors in terms of politics, economy, society and culture. The validity and the results of the index were reviewed by manipulating and assessing the items and variables in each area. Based on the results, I suggest perspectives on de

local government, innovation, capacity building]