Roles of the Council of Social Welfare in Making Process of the Community Welfare Activity Plan: A Case Study of Izumiotsu City

Izumiotsu is a city in southern Osaka Prefecture. I am a staff of Izumiotsu City council of social welfare and worked at the secretary office which supported making of the community welfare activity plan. This paper, based on rethinking my experience and studying administrative documents, aims to examine roles of the council of social welfare in making process of the community welfare activity plan. First, through studying Izumiotsu City comprehensive plans which were shaped in 1974, 1987, and 2001, I elucidate how social welfare has been established in Izumiotsu. Second, I depict how the council of social welfare has been developing in the city and show its organizational characteristics and tasks. Third, based on the above-mentioned examination, I examine roles of the council of social welfare in making process of the community welfare activity plan. As this paper is too long to publish at one time, first section only is published in this issue. Second and third sections will appear after the next issue.departmental bulletin pape