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Busan Metropolitan City Holds the 2025 CPTED Working-Level Council Workshop

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold the “2025 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Working-Level Council Workshop” today (December 2) at 3 p.m. at the Busan Station Eurasia Platform.

This workshop was organized to bring together officials from Busan Metropolitan City, district and county governments, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, and the Design Council Busan to share key concepts necessary for implementing CPTED and to strengthen field-centric practical capacities.

Approximately 50 CPTED officials from 16 districts and counties, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, and the Design Council Busan will participate.

The city explained that the workshop serves as a meaningful opportunity to enhance understanding of region-specific safety vulnerabilities and establish a collaborative system for effective project implementation.

The workshop will include presentations on major crime-prevention initiatives led by the city and the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, and will continue with discussions among CPTED officials from district and county governments and the police on building inter-agency cooperation systems, reviewing similar or overlapping projects, and identifying new initiatives capable of generating synergy.

The city will introduce its “Community-Based Safe Neighborhood Project,” while the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency will present various CPTED initiatives, encouraging active participation from agencies and residents.

Additional discussions will follow on clarifying institutional roles and establishing cooperative structures, streamlining similar or overlapping projects, discovering synergistic initiatives through collaboration, and the need for differentiated design beyond basic safety facility installation.

Particularly noteworthy is that earlier this year (2025), the city established and began operating its first “CPTED Working-Level Council.” As such, this workshop carries great significance in sharing the council’s founding purpose and helping solidify a stable cooperation framework among the city, districts and counties, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, and the Design Council Busan.

The city prepared this workshop to systematize CPTED policies tailored to regional characteristics and to strengthen inter-agency cooperation essential for addressing on-site challenges. Going forward, the city plans to continue operating the working-level council to enhance the overall system—from project planning to policy development.

Go Mi-jin, Director General of the City Future Design Headquarters, stated, “This workshop represents the first case of integrating the previously independent CPTED initiatives of each agency into a more systematic and consistent effort through the council, making it highly meaningful,” adding, “We will continue to advance CPTED policies tailored to Busan’s urban characteristics and the needs of its citizens.”