Gwangju City Announces Program Contest for the 6th Annual 'Gwangju Youth Festival' This Year

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 10th that it will open public recruitment for the program of the 6th annual ‘Gwangju Youth Festival’ this year.

Each program will receive up to 20 million KRW, and 6 to 9 proposals will be recruited.

Eligibility includes youth organizations and corporations active in Gwangju, or youth cultural and event planning businesses with their main office in Gwangju and residing in the city. There are no format restrictions, and the content should include themes such as ‘Gwangju’, ‘Youth’, or ‘Post-COVID Gwangju Youth’.

The application period is from the 26th to the 27th of this month, and selections will be made based on a comprehensive evaluation of creativity and feasibility of the proposals.

Selected youth organizations, corporations, and businesses will directly carry out the proposed programs and participate as part of the festival planning team, planning and executing the overall youth festival.

This year, reflecting opinions raised by youth stakeholders and within the region, the festival will be named ‘Gwangju Youth Festival’ instead of ‘World Youth Festival’, and to reduce weather-related variables such as typhoons and heatwaves, it will be held in autumn.

In particular, this year, without a general director or large-scale planning company, local youth themselves will take the lead to freely express their voices about ‘Gwangju’ and ‘Youth’, creating a space for youth culture.

Additionally, given the unpredictable course of COVID-19, rather than large-scale gatherings, the city hopes to receive creative ideas without restrictions on time, place, or format, and meaningful programs that explore the lives of youth living in Gwangju in the post-pandemic era.

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