‘A City Where All Children Are Happy and Respected, Busan’ … Busan City Wins ‘Top Excellence Award’ for Child Policy Implementation Plan Evaluation

December 1, 10 AM, Award Ceremony at Seoul Child Rights Protection Agency Forum

2021 Local Government Evaluation of Child Policy Implementation Plan - 1st Place in Metropolitan Local Governments

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City received the Grand Prize as the top metropolitan local government in the evaluation of the ‘2021 Local Government Child Policy Implementation Plan’ hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare at the ‘2022 Child Policy Forum’ held at the Seoul Child Rights Protection Agency at 10 a.m. on the 1st.

According to Article 8 of the ‘Child Welfare Act,’ the Minister of Health and Welfare must evaluate the implementation performance of the child policy implementation plan established annually.

This evaluation was conducted for the first time after the establishment of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s 2nd Basic Plan for Child Policy (2020?2024), and was based on quantitative and qualitative evaluation results according to the child policy implementation plan evaluation manual, as well as expert review in related fields. The evaluation was conducted in the areas of ▲appropriateness of plan establishment (15 points) ▲faithfulness of implementation (20 points) ▲achievement of results (65 points).

In this evaluation, ▲Busan, Gyeonggi, and Cheonan City in Chungnam received the ‘Grand Prize,’ and ▲Seoul, Daegu, Jeonbuk, Chungbuk, Jeonju City in Jeonbuk, and Buk-gu in Ulsan received the ‘Excellence Award.’

Busan City achieved consistently high scores across all 14 detailed indicators in the three evaluation areas.

In promoting the 2021 child policy implementation plan, the city set the vision of ‘Busan, a city where all children are happy and respected,’ and established two policy goals: ▲expanding direct participation of children and strengthening the foundation for rights protection ▲strengthening the public protection system for the happy growth of all children, pursuing a total of 334 tasks according to four implementation strategies.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “This award is the result of sincere efforts in child projects by the city, districts and counties, and the education office. We will build ‘a city where children can grow happily’ and ‘Busan, a city where people want to live again,’ worthy of the reputation as the nation’s first UNICEF Child-Friendly City among metropolitan governments.”

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