The 3rd Gangbuk-gu Children and Youth Council Online Inauguration Ceremony Held

Inauguration Ceremony of the 3rd Gangbuk-gu Children and Youth Council Held on the 20th... All Council Formation Processes Conducted Online to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

Non-face-to-face Pre-Orientation Held on May 20

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangbuk-gu (Mayor Park Kyum-soo) will hold the inauguration ceremony of the 3rd Gangbuk-gu Children and Youth Council online on the 20th to guarantee the participation rights of children and adolescents and support autonomous activities.

The inauguration ceremony is expected to be attended by about 60 members of the Children and Youth Council, responsible public officials, and instructors from the Gangbuk Youth Center, totaling 70 participants. The chairperson, vice-chairperson, and chairpersons of each standing committee will be elected.

Earlier, the district recruited members of the Children and Youth Council through open recruitment and institutional recommendations in March. Based on this, a preliminary orientation was held on May 20 to guide future activities, and on June 3, based on a survey of students' areas of interest, four standing committees were formed: the Elementary Standing Committee, Education Standing Committee, Equality Standing Committee, and Human Rights Standing Committee.

Registration of candidates for chairperson, vice-chairperson, and each standing committee chairperson was completed by June 10. From the 11th to the 19th, election campaigns were conducted by distributing candidates' pledges submitted via email. The election will be conducted in a postal voting method, where voters mark ballots received in advance and send them by mail.

Vote counting and announcement of winners will take place on the day of the inauguration ceremony at the Gangbuk Youth Center. The district plans to broadcast the vote counting live and announce the winners simultaneously.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the district will conduct the entire council formation process, including the inauguration ceremony, in a non-face-to-face manner. Orientation, standing committee formation, and the inauguration ceremony will be held via video conferencing applications; candidate registration and election campaigns will be conducted via email; voting and certificate awarding will be done by mail.

Starting with the inauguration ceremony, the Children and Youth Council plans to identify agenda items suitable for local circumstances through discussions in the standing committees and submit and process them in the plenary session.

Park Kyum-soo, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, said, “I hope the Children and Youth Council will greatly help children grow properly as democratic citizens by participating in local policy decision-making processes. Although the operation method has shifted to a non-face-to-face format due to the spread of COVID-19, we will do our best to create an environment where students can express good opinions.”

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