Jungnang-gu Child-Friendly Budget 284.2 Billion Won... 28.5% of Total Budget

A Step Closer to a Child-Friendly City Where All Children Are Happy!... Jungnang-gu Publishes 2023 Child-Friendly Budget Book

This Year’s Child-Friendly Budget Totals 284.2 Billion KRW, Accounting for 28.5% of the District’s Entire Budget

174 Projects Across 23 Departments Including Childcare Fee Support and Operation of Bang Jeong-hwan Education Support Center

High Proportion in Developmental and Survival Rights Areas, Focus on Health, Social Services, and Educational Environment Support

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, attending the opening ceremony of Jungnang Happiness 4 Farm held last May, taking a commemorative photo with local children.

Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Gyeong-gi) has published the ‘2023 Jungnang-gu Child-Friendly Budget Book,’ which provides an overview of the child-related budget, and made it available on its website.

The child-friendly budget book analyzes whether the budget is allocated sufficiently to guarantee children’s rights according to the four major rights of children?▲right to survival ▲right to protection ▲right to development ▲right to participation?and six child-friendly areas?▲play and leisure ▲participation and citizenship ▲safety and protection ▲health and social services ▲educational environment ▲residential environment.

The analysis covers all projects that can directly or indirectly affect children’s lives.

The purpose is to utilize this in planning child-friendly projects and securing budgets to actively discover and promote related projects, thereby contributing to the enhancement of children’s rights and quality of life.

The scale of the district’s child-friendly projects includes 174 projects across 23 departments, totaling 284.2 billion KRW, which accounts for 28.5% of the entire budget.

According to the analysis by children’s rights, the budget for the survival rights area, which includes childcare fee support and child-related facility support projects, accounts for 52.28%, while the developmental rights area, which includes projects such as school education expense subsidies and operation of the Bang Jeong-hwan Education Support Center, accounts for 43.64%, showing a high proportion.

In the analysis by child-friendly areas, health and social services accounted for a high proportion of 85.83%. This indicates that the district is providing intensive support to ensure children receive appropriate health and social services during their development process.

The district plans to continue its efforts to create a child-friendly city where all children can enjoy basic rights and live healthily and happily by discovering more diverse child-friendly projects in various fields, conducting citizen participation surveys, and expanding child participation organizations.

Ryu Gyeong-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “We will spare no effort to establish and implement substantial child-friendly policies in all fields to ensure that no child is deprived of basic rights and to transform into a child-friendly city. We will continue to do our best for the health and happy lives of children, who are the future leaders.”

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