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Results of the 2025 Gu·Gun Children’s Complex Cultural Space Development and Operation Evaluation

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it conducted the “2025 Gu·Gun Children’s Complex Cultural Space Development and Operation Evaluation,” selecting ▲Dongnae-gu as the top-performing Gu·Gun and ▲Sasang-gu and Saha-gu as excellent Gu·Gun.

This evaluation was undertaken to assess the achievements and policy outcomes of the Deullak Nallak Children’s Complex Cultural Spaces, and to reflect the results in strengthening the quality and effectiveness of the project.

Each selected Gu·Gun will receive a commendation from the Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City along with Special Adjustment Grants totaling KRW 200 million (KRW 100 million for the top-performing Gu·Gun and KRW 50 million for each excellent Gu·Gun).

Now in its third year, the evaluation features a fully revamped assessment framework aligned with the policy direction of “Deullak Nallak Season 2.”

Reflecting last year’s results and the Season 2 policy direction, the city improved the evaluation indicators and newly included “overall user satisfaction” in the assessment. In addition, with more facilities having opened, the evaluation focus shifted from “development” to “operation,” and the weight of qualitative evaluation by the evaluation committee was increased from 10 percent to 50 percent to more thoroughly assess operational quality.

The city also institutionalized the exemplary case-sharing sessions and granted additional points to participating Gu·Gun. Moreover, the number of commendations for outstanding public officials was expanded from three to five, boosting motivation in the project field and helping ensure that evaluation outcomes directly contribute to strengthening the program.

Dongnae-gu, selected as the top-performing Gu·Gun, received high marks for newly developing a large-scale Deullak Nallak facility and presenting a model operational system for a community-based complex cultural space by implementing specialized programs that utilize local resources.

Sasang-gu and Saha-gu, selected as excellent Gu·Gun, also demonstrated strengths in their operational systems and program composition tailored to local characteristics.
Sasang-gu earned positive evaluations for operating programs that reflect the distinct features of each Deullak Nallak location and for hosting community- and child-participatory experiential events that contributed to revitalizing the local community.
Saha-gu received strong recognition for operating the largest number of Deullak Nallak locations and for enhancing resident satisfaction by extending operating hours to meet high demand and offering a wide variety of services.

In addition, Yeongdo-gu and Dong-gu, selected as outstanding Gu·Gun for exemplary cases and operational systems, also achieved meaningful results.
Yeongdo-gu and Dong-gu were recognized for offering programs that combine environmental education with play, as well as for operating an ESG Toy Exchange Program, which helped raise awareness on resource circulation and contributed to revitalizing Deullak Nallak spaces in the original downtown.

Busan Metropolitan City plans to share the excellent cases identified through this evaluation with all Gu·Gun and to strengthen the operational quality of the Deullak Nallak Children’s Complex Cultural Spaces.
In December, the city will hold a performance-sharing session to disseminate outstanding cases, enhance benchmarking and cooperation among Gu·Gun, and continue providing support to ensure that children’s complex cultural spaces across Busan can operate safely, stably, and creatively.

Kim Gwi-ok, Director General of the Youth & Academia Bureau, stated, “As of October, Deullak Nallak Children’s Complex Cultural Spaces recorded 2 million cumulative visitors, an overall user satisfaction rate of 95.7 percent, program satisfaction of 93 percent, and a revisit intention rate of 97.6 percent—showing strong public approval.” She added, “Based on this year’s evaluation, we will actively expand these excellent cases and provide systematic support to ensure that visitors can always enjoy new and diverse content when they return.”