Children's Facilities Should Be Seen Through Children's Eyes... Yeongju, Gyeongbuk Pursues 'Right to Play' as a Child-Friendly City

'Yeongju-si Children's Playground' Resident Council and Child Participation Group Workshop Held

Gyeongbuk Yeongju City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] “If you want to benchmark children’s ‘right to play,’ visit this city.”

Yeongju City, Gyeongbuk Province, is moving quickly to create a joyful city for children.

One-sided playgrounds designed by adults and administrators do not work in Yeongju. Playgrounds can only be created after passing the ‘notice’ and ‘supervision’ of the actual users, the children.

On the 1st, Yeongju City will hold two workshops at 2 PM and 4 PM in the conference room on the 2nd floor of the Gahung 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center for the residents’ council and children’s participation group to create the playground in Jugong 3 Complex.

At the children’s participation group workshop, activities such as selecting the name of the playground that will be transformed into a new form, establishing safety rules to be observed, and drawing artworks to be posted in the completed playground will be conducted.

Selected in the ‘2021 Gyeongsangbuk-do Children’s Playground Creation Project’ contest, the ‘Yeongju City Children’s Playground’ planned to be created within the Jugong 3 Complex apartment will be a ‘resident-customized playground’ as the children’s participation group, the actual users, and the residents’ council composed of local residents will participate in the entire playground creation process from the design stage to layout and composition.

Kim Myung-ja, head of the Children and Youth Division, said, “We will do our best to create a playground where children are happy by reflecting valuable opinions well,” and added, “We will continue to expand projects to promote children’s right to play.”

Yeongju City is pushing forward with the goal of completing the children’s playground in Jugong 3 Complex by May next year. Projects such as the Gahung-dong Children’s Theme Park, Seocheon Riverside Outdoor Playground, and indoor playground within the shared platform are also underway, focusing efforts on creating a ‘city where children are happy.’

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