Busan City Wins Top Award for 'Establishing Public Child Protection System'

Ministry of Health and Welfare's Evaluation of Excellent Local Governments This Year: The Only One Among 17 Metropolitan Cities and Provinces
Rapid Deployment of Dedicated Child Protection Personnel, Establishment of Protection Plans, and Monitoring of

2020 Local Government Evaluation Results for Establishing a Public Child Protection System.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City received the highest award in the local government evaluation for the "2020 Public Child Protection System Establishment" led by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The public-centered child protection system is a system that strengthens the public responsibility for children in need of social protection by having local governments take charge of child abuse investigations and protective measures, which were previously conducted by private organizations. This system has been in operation since last October.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare evaluates the efforts of local governments to ensure the early establishment of the restructured system. The evaluation covers four areas: ▲Actions based on the Board of Audit and Inspection results (quantitative) ▲Efforts related to the placement of dedicated personnel (quantitative and qualitative) ▲Establishment of cooperation systems with related organizations (qualitative) ▲Other efforts by local governments (qualitative). A total of five metropolitan and basic local governments were selected.

Busan City was the only one among the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces to be selected as the top institution in this evaluation.

Busan City received excellent evaluations in areas such as ▲Activation of meetings hosted by the city involving districts, counties, and related organizations ▲Formation and operation of metropolitan child protection dedicated organizations and district/county child abuse response information linkage councils ▲Review by the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee and monitoring of caregiving situations for children under protection ▲Completion rate of placement of dedicated child protection personnel within October.

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, stated, “We will strengthen the detailed support system for children requiring protection in the city and swiftly establish the public child protection system through close cooperation with related organizations.”

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