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Child

The government will promote the digitalisation of semi-public sector (children), which is closely related to people's daily lives and in which the involvement of the national government is significant and which has a large ripple effect on other private sectors, and will work on the coordination and utilization of data. Through this, the government will realize a prosperous life for the people by providing optimal services that meet individual needs.

Overview

It has been pointed out that support for children and families in difficult situations, such as poverty and abuse, is insufficient or difficult to reach because the actual situation is difficult to see and understand. In order to reach children and families who need necessary support, it is necessary to realize active "push" (outreach) and "one stop" support.

For this reason, municipalities and support organizations are utilizing information and data on individual children obtained in the process of health, welfare, education, etc., while ensuring the proper handling of personal information, etc., in order to identify such children and families, and to realize active "push type (outreach type)" and "one stop" support, the ideal way of cooperation of information and data is being considered. The government is not considering the construction of a database to manage children's information in an integrated manner.

The "Children's Policy DX," including this project, will be promoted mainly by Children and Families Agency, which was established in April 2023, and Digital Agency will support it as one of the related ministries and agencies.

Related policy

Digitalisation in semi-public sector

Recent Initiatives

Survey and Research on Specification Arrangement in Coordination of Management Systems for Child Care Facilities, etc.

In the child care and child care field, which is one of the children's fields, the introduction rate of management systems for child care facilities, etc. is said to be about 40%, and there are problems such as difficulty in cooperation with municipalities due to the lack of requirements for cooperation between systems. Based on the revised Based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society" (approved by the Cabinet on June 9, 2023), in fiscal 2023, the "Survey and Research Project to Verify the Requirements for Cooperation of Management Systems in Child Care Facilities, etc." was implemented to promote the "semi-public sector digitalisation of Medicine, Education, Disaster Prevention, Children, etc."

Report on the Results of the Support Demonstration Project through Coordination of Various Data on Children (Survey Research on the Demonstration of Data Coordination in Local Governments)

Based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society" (approved by the Cabinet on December 24, 2021), in fiscal 2022, local governments conducted a demonstration project to verify the challenges of using outreach support to meet the needs of children and families who potentially need support, by linking data on education, childcare, social welfare, and medical care across fields, without being bound by the types of difficulties such as poverty, abuse, truancy, and bullying. For details, please refer to the following public offering guidelines and results report.

Senior Vice-Minister for Information and Data Coordination Project Team on

A project team consisting of senior vice-ministers from Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was set up in Chief, State Minister for Digital Transformation, on June 14, 2022, to examine the content of information and data on children held by municipalities and support institutions, the arrangement and cooperation of institutions holding such data, the understanding of the situation of preceding local governments, and the demonstration of local governments.

Meetings, etc.

Senior Vice-Minister for Information and Data Coordination Project Team on