Anyang City Holds 6th Child-Friendly City Promotion Committee Meeting...First Regular Session Since Certification

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Anyang City held the '6th Child-Friendly City Promotion Committee Regular Meeting' at the City Hall electronic conference room on the 30th morning.

This meeting was the first regular session held since the city received certification as a child-friendly city from UNICEF in June.

The city previously separated functions that were performed by the existing Child Welfare Deliberation Committee and separately organized the 'Child-Friendly City Committee.'

On this day, a total of 11 committee members were newly appointed, including representatives of parents, child-related experts, and officials from the Office of Education and police.

The committee members discussed certification progress and outcomes, future tasks, and practical implementation methods for child participation policies, while sharing the progress of 32 major initiatives of the child-friendly city, and reviewing cases where policy opinions directly proposed by children were reflected in municipal administration and reasons for cases where they were not reflected.

In particular, the establishment of an institutional system was handled as a major agenda item, where children's opinions are connected to policies, projects, and budgets, and the results are fed back to children again.

The city plans to establish a 'Child Participation Committee' next year to guarantee children's right to participation and realize citizen-centered administration, and will publicly recruit participating committee members.

Mayor Choi Dae-ho stated, "UNICEF child-friendly city certification is not an achievement but the beginning of responsibility," and added, "We will strengthen the system so that children can freely express their opinions as members of the citizenry, and their voices can lead to policies."