Changwon City Council, powering children’s council activities ‘Pakpak’

Signed business agreement with Masan YMCA

On the 11th, the Gyeongnam Changwon Special City Council signed a business agreement with Masan YMCA to add strength to the composition and operation of the Changwon City Children’s Council.

The Changwon City Council announced that it had entered into an agreement to realize the right to participate in children based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to make Changwon a better place for children to live.

According to the city council, with this agreement, Masan YMCA will recruit and select 30 children aged 11 to 18 who are living or attending school in Changwon, organize a standing committee, elect a chairman, and run a meeting.

The Changwon City Council plans to provide a venue for sharing policy proposals between the standing committee and the children’s council and to support the policy presentation meeting system.

Starting with the launching ceremony on the 17th, the Children’s Council discovers agendas and proposes policies through a total of 10 standing committee meetings and democratic capacity-building education.

The contents discussed at the Children’s Council will be forwarded to the relevant departments of the city and reflected in the city’s children’s policies after review by the departments.

Chairman Lee-geun Kim said, “I am delighted to cooperate with Masan YMCA to expand the basis for local children’s participation in policies.”