Osan City Selected as Excellent Local Government in 'Integrated Daily-Life SOC Family Center' Competition

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 24th that it was selected as an excellent local government in the 2020 Outstanding Cases Competition for the 'Integrated Daily-Life SOC Family Center' hosted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Family Health Promotion Institute.

The 'Integrated Daily-Life SOC Project' is a project that constructs facilities necessary for daily life, such as libraries, childcare facilities, and cultural centers, into a single building.

In the competition, over 70 local governments promoting SOC construction of family centers were evaluated based on the appropriateness of family center space composition, validity of operation plans, and safety plans.

Osan City is pursuing the construction of an Integrated Daily-Life SOC Family Center at 98 Cheonghak-ro, Osan City, with the goal of completion in 2022.

The 'Family Center' that the city is promoting for construction will be located with the Namchon-dong Administrative Welfare Center. The first floor multipurpose family communication and exchange space is designed in a double-floor structure connecting with the external space, enhancing linkage with outdoor activities, which earned high scores in space design.

The Family Center will have a site area of 16,790 square meters and a structure of 1 to 3 stories above ground, and will include ▲Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center ▲Counseling Room ▲Multicultural Children's Language Classes ▲Shared Childcare Exchange Space ▲Caring for All Center ▲Multipurpose Family Communication and Exchange Space, among others.

The city expects that through the construction of the Family Center, it will contribute to the formation of new communities through information sharing between multicultural families, personal and family counseling, and mutual support in sharing and communication.

Gwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City, said "The Family Center will continue to provide various welfare services for all families, including multicultural families," and added "We will pursue the project without delay to meet expectations and establish it as the nation's leading family center."