Seocho-gu Hosts Discussion on 'Youth Basic Income Policy Experiment'

On the 15th at 10 AM, an 'Open Forum' will be held in the 5th-floor conference room of Seocho District Office, live-streamed on YouTube... Featuring expert presentations by Professor Lee Sam-yeol and Professor Lee Seung-yoon, followed by a discussion session

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Jo), which announced the plan for the country's first "policy experiment for the introduction of youth basic income," will hold an open forum to explore the direction of the youth basic income policy experiment at 10 a.m. on the 15th in the large conference room on the 5th floor of Seocho-gu Office.

This forum is the first step toward the successful implementation of the "youth basic income policy experiment," which will be fully implemented from next year. It was prepared to gather various opinions from domestic basic income experts and youth to form a policy consensus and seek the right direction for the policy experiment.

Due to COVID-19, only a minimal number of people will attend the offline forum venue, and it will be broadcast live through the "Seocho-gu Office YouTube" channel. The forum is divided into two parts: Part 1 features expert presentations, and Part 2 consists of discussions and Q&A, lasting a total of 100 minutes.

The first part of the forum will feature presentations by Professor Sam-Yeol Lee of the Department of Public Administration at Yonsei University, who has been in charge of Seocho-gu's youth basic income policy experiment research service since last June, and Professor Seung-Yoon Lee of the Department of Social Welfare at Chung-Ang University, who has long studied basic income in academia.

First, Professor Sam-Yeol Lee will present on the topic "Policy Experiment Proposal for the Introduction of Youth Basic Income in Seocho-gu," covering ▲the necessity and characteristics of basic income ▲why the target is youth ▲the goals of promoting youth basic income policy ▲similar domestic youth basic income policies ▲and overseas cases.

Next, Professor Seung-Yoon Lee will present on the topic "Implications of Youth Basic Income and Considerations in Experimental Design," covering ▲the concept of basic income ▲the necessity of basic income (changes in capitalism and welfare state) ▲a phased basic income realization model ▲and considerations when introducing youth basic income.

After the expert presentations, the second part of the forum will include a discussion session where Professors Sam-Yeol Lee and Seung-Yoon Lee, along with Professor Han-Il Jang (Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, Kookmin University) and Seocho-gu Council member Won-Jun Choi (People Power Party), will discuss and debate the successful promotion direction of the youth basic income policy experiment.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Jo said, "No matter how good the intention of a policy is, it can only secure legitimacy if it is based on scientific evidence and data. Seocho-gu has proven the effectiveness of Seoripul Wondumak through pilot operations and expanded it as a national standard model, making Wondumak easily visible anywhere in the country." She added, "I hope that the youth basic income policy experiment, which will be implemented for the first time nationwide in Seocho-gu, will become an opportunity to lead a policy execution culture based on objective evidence. Starting with this forum, we plan to steadily and step-by-step implement it as a successful policy experiment promotion model."

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