Gumi-si Accelerates Advancement to Higher Stage as a Child-Friendly City

Report on Review Results of Major Child-Friendly Projects and Child Policy Proposals

Report on Child-Friendliness Survey Research Service and Discussion on Development Plans

On the 19th, Gumi City in Gyeongbuk held a meeting to revitalize the Child-Friendly City Promotion Group, attended by 40 people including child participation committee members, the Child-Friendly City Promotion Group, child rights ombudspersons, and the working promotion team.

Gumi City held a meeting to revitalize the Child-Friendly City Promotion Team.

The meeting proceeded in the order of reporting the current status of the Child-Friendly City promotion and reviewing proposals for child policies, the final report meeting of the Child-Friendliness Survey Research Project, and discussing revitalization plans.

Under the vision of "Gumi, a safe city where children's rights are respected," the city is promoting 213 child-friendly projects worth 250 billion KRW, which accounts for 16.6% of the general account budget of 1.5021 trillion KRW across 30 departments. To guarantee children's right to participate, the city collects various suggestions and opinions through the Child Participation Committee and the city’s website, reflecting them in policies.

To closely examine the actual conditions of children and derive implications for a sustainable child-friendly city, the city conducts a Child-Friendliness Survey every two years.

The Child-Friendliness Survey, conducted in the form of questionnaires and surveys targeting 2,285 citizens, covers six areas: ▲play and leisure ▲participation and civic consciousness ▲safety and protection ▲health and social services ▲educational environment ▲residential environment. This survey serves as the foundation for policy formulation and setting directions for activities to realize a child-friendly city.

Park Kyung-ha, Director of the Social Welfare Bureau, said, "We will focus all administrative efforts to help children grow into responsible and healthy citizens as subjects of rights and duties. We will do our best to enter the higher stage of child-friendly cities and create a residential environment that is good for raising children through efficient and systematic policy establishment and project implementation."

A child-friendly city refers to a community that fully guarantees the rights of all children in policies, laws, programs, and budgets by complying with the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child to eliminate inequality and discrimination. The city was first certified as a UNICEF Child-Friendly City in July 2019 and is currently undergoing the certification process for the higher stage of child-friendly city status.

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