Yeonggwang-gun Recruiting Participants for the 'Youth Dream UP 321 Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeon Seong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Junsung) announced on the 15th that it is recruiting participants for the ‘Youth Dream UP 321 Project,’ which aims to ‘nurture and support ideas and technologies from groups of three or more youths and create youth jobs (1),’ until the 22nd.

This project is being promoted to foster communities that solve youth and regional problems through step-by-step support of ‘discovery → nurturing → independence’ and to strengthen the foundation for youth independence to encourage regional settlement. Youth Seed Dream (4 million KRW per team) and Youth Sprout Dream (10 million KRW per team) are supported.

This time, five teams for Youth Seed Dream and five teams for Youth Sprout Dream will be additionally recruited, and the Youth Fruit Dream project will be conducted after the completion of the Youth Sprout Dream project.

Eligibility requires a group (team) of three or more youths aged 18 to 45 with an address in the county as of the application date.

The project fields include culture, welfare, social services, and the 6th industry, which can be commercialized. The support funds can be used for promotional design and prototype development, informatization and marketing projects, social service programs, education and training expenses, etc., during project implementation.

The application period is until the 22nd, and applications can be submitted by visiting the Population and Job Policy Office at the county office.

Earlier, the county selected five teams through the first recruitment in March, and so far, a total of eight teams (six Sprout, two Fruit) are carrying out the project.

A county official said, “Youth ideas will be a great foundation for the development of the county,” and added, “We will continuously strive to create an environment where youth want to live.”

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