Dongdaemun-gu, Pouring Catalyst to Revitalize Youth Network

Dongdaemun-gu Youth Policy Project Selected for Seoul Youth Autonomous Budget Project, Securing 100% Funding... Resolving Local Issues through Volunteer Planning and Operation · Strengthening Youth Practical Skills and Promoting Volunteerism

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Dongdaemun-gu has the advantage of abundant youth resources due to the regional characteristic of having several prestigious universities located throughout the area.

To utilize these abundant youth resources to solve local issues and support the solid network activities of young people, Dongdaemun-gu has taken proactive steps.

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor You Deok-yeol) announced that the projects ‘Activation of Dongdaemun-gu Youth Policy Governance’ and ‘Strengthening the Dongdaemun-gu Youth Core Planning Group,’ discovered by the Dongdaemun-gu Youth Policy Network (hereafter ‘Dongcheongnet’), were finally selected as policy projects under the 2021 Seoul Youth Autonomous Budget System.

Seoul City conducted voting for the ‘2021 Seoul Metropolitan City Youth Autonomous Budget Policy Task Selection’ through the Seoul M-Voting system until the 29th of last month. A total of 6,842 people, including general citizens and Seoul Youth Citizen Committee members, showed interest in Seoul’s youth policy projects and participated in the voting.

As a result of the vote, the projects submitted by the district, ‘Activation of Dongdaemun-gu Youth Policy Governance’ and ‘Strengthening the Dongdaemun-gu Youth Core Planning Group,’ received a vote rate within the top 90%, securing a total project budget of approximately 196 million KRW.

‘Activation of Dongdaemun-gu Youth Policy Governance’ is a youth participation-based project that focuses on operating the Dongcheongnet Secretariat, discovering Dongdaemun-gu-style youth policies, and revitalizing Dongcheongnet.

The ‘Youth Core Planning Group’ is a district-specialized project aimed at strengthening young people’s practical skills by having them directly plan and operate volunteer activities, activating volunteering, and creating a volunteer infrastructure capable of resolving local issues.

The selected projects will be reflected in next year’s Seoul City budget, supporting youth network activities and strengthening practical skills, thereby contributing to the development of Dongdaemun-gu-style youth culture.

You Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “As a result of continuously supporting youth activities through the operation of Dongcheongnet, Dongdaemun-gu-style youth policies have been selected as Seoul City policy projects. We will do our best to discover various policies by utilizing abundant youth resources so that youth networks can be activated in the future.”

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