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In the purpose of fostering human resources which are suitable for industry demand and relieving difficulties of sectoral human resources development through the continuos discussion between workforce demand and supply groups, Korea organized 3 Sector Councils(machinery industry, electronics industry, e-Biz industry) in 2004 for an example. It extended SC to 23 Sectors in 2010 but the evaluation about SC is mostly skeptical. Against this backdrop, this study is designed to look into problems regarding SC in our country and suggest a suitable development way by analyzing research papers, overseas cases, interviews with people concerned. This study diagnosed realistic problems and awareness level through the interviews with the SC members, government officials, specialized agency staff and researchers who are well aware of the current situation of SC. It also drew out main issues by analyzing references such as research and study papers. There are several accomplishments and obstacles in SC development according to this study. It was found that workforce demand and supply takes first place, training and development demand survey comes in second, the operation of training and development in third, the development of NSC in fourth, and the development of training and development programs in fifth in terms of achievement. However, each party concerned has different views on the SC outputs. The SC members rate them positively but others including government officials put them below the average. The achievements, on the whole, can be said 'unsatisfactory'. The main barriers ahead of SC development are in the following order ;discontinuous support of the government, and lack of practical use, incomplete relevant laws and regulations, indifference of business part and lack of participation, lack of support and interest in within SC itself. It can be concluded that there are several problems to be addressed in terms of the supporting system. This study looks into the Korea local SC development in three aspects; government policy and system, perform role, organization and workforce. First, in aspect of government policy and system, it is necessary to modify relevant laws and regulations, ensure the stability of financial support from the government and a well-organized project management system(SC general council and SC support center). Secondly, in aspect of performance, SC should play a role as a messenger in order to deliver suggestions and opinions from the business circle to educational institutes and the government. It also needs to strengthen original SC projects such as workforce demand and supply forecasting, and education and training needs survey. In addition, it is necessary to make the use of SC activity outputs and activate their promotion, and reinforce industry-academy cooperation and employment support. Finally, in aspect of organization and workforce, more efforts should be made to select SCs which represent each industry, make SC-specialized departments or independent bodies, and improve skills of SC workforce. In this study, the interviews were only limited to workforce suppliers and system operators. On the other hand, no interviews were done with people from the industry and educational institutions. It is quite regretful of having not had interviews with CEOs who are final decision-makers.