Issue 3. National Action Plan 7. The Government has established the First Master Plan on Child Policy (2015~2019), the Sixth Master Plan on Youth Policy (2018~2022), the Third National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2018~2022) and the Policies for Children toward Building an Inclusive Society (2019. 5. 23.), as the national action plans for children. However, the Government did not take into account the views of the children while drafting these plans, as there was no mechanism to hear children’s opinions about the proposed plans. 8. The Government should review in all aspects to find out a solution which ensures that children’s opinions are heard and reflected in the course of the establishment of any child-related national action plan, including through a mechanism in which children's opinions are collected or the plan is monitored by the children concerned. Issue 4. Allocation of resources: child allowance – in relation to para. 3 (a) of the List of Issues 9. With the introduction of child allowance in 2018, monthly KRW 100,000 (about USD 83.3, assuming that USD 1 is KRW 1,200) was paid to a child under 7 years of age who belonged to 90% or lower in family income distribution. Starting from 2019, child allowance of KRW 100,000 has been granted to every child under 7 years of age, regardless of their family income. In 2019, a new allowance was adopted, on a pilot basis, to support some of the children who were discharged from a child-rearing facility upon reaching the age of 18 years and, under this allowance program, monthly KRW 300,000 (about USD 250) has been paid to each of the eligible children since April this year. This increase in the resources allocated in relation to children is encouraging. However, according to the OECD data which are used as relevant international standards, the public expenditure on family in the Republic of Korea accounted for 1.2% of the country’s GDP in 2015, which is lower than the OECD average of 2.0% in the same year. The public expenditure on family in this country still remains the same at 1.2% of GDP in 2017. 10. The Government should formulate and implement a plan to raise the childrelated budget to the OECD average, including by extending the coverage of the child allowance to include all children. 3