Gyeonggi-do to Greatly Expand 'Senior Citizens Cultural Enjoyment Project'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is expanding the 'Elderly Cultural Enjoyment Project.'

The Elderly Cultural Enjoyment Project is a program introduced in 2017 that aims to increase life satisfaction and enable a happy old age by providing various cultural and leisure activity opportunities to elderly people in the province who have limited chances to participate in cultural activities.

The main initiatives include ▲designating and operating 'Elderly Enjoyment Centers' utilizing local idle spaces ▲supporting cultural and artistic programs for culturally marginalized elderly ▲club competitions and artwork contests ▲operating an elderly reporters group, among others.

This year, the province will expand the number of 'Elderly Enjoyment Centers' from 40 to 43, increase the touring exhibitions of award-winning works from the artwork contests from 7 to 10 times, and expand talent-sharing activity support from 40 teams 80 sessions to 60 teams 120 sessions.

The Elderly Enjoyment Centers are projects that utilize idle spaces within the community to provide open spaces and cultural and leisure programs where elderly people can visit regularly. The province supports each project with 10 million KRW.

Support for elderly cultural and artistic programs provides approximately 8 million KRW per location to enable elderly residents to participate in cultural and artistic programs linked with local artists.

The elderly reporters group directly covers and promotes the overall activities of the Elderly Cultural Enjoyment Project. They receive an activity support fund of 100,000 KRW when publishing four or more articles per month.

The covered content is posted on the Gyeonggi Province Elderly Cultural Enjoyment website (https://경기9988.kr/) and SNS platforms.

A provincial official stated, "We plan to continuously promote and revitalize the 'Elderly Cultural Enjoyment Project' so that elderly people can feel pride and satisfaction through diverse participation."

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