Gwangju Dong-gu Selected for 'Community-Led Youth Job Creation' Contest for 4 Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 18th that it has been selected for the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2021 Local Government-Led Youth Job Creation' contest for the fourth consecutive year.

The selected projects include ▲Vacant House Youth Startup Filling Project Support (existing project) ▲Digital·New Deal Youth Intern (new project), securing a total project budget of 570 million KRW from national and city funds.

With this, Dong-gu will be able to continuously and more stably promote the 'Vacant House Youth Startup Filling Project,' which supports youth startups that can coexist with the village by utilizing vacant houses and vacant stores in the Gyerim 1-dong area until next year.

In addition, a new 'Digital·New Deal Youth Intern Project' will be launched to create a foundation that can promote a digital society in line with the post-COVID-19 era, the Korean New Deal, and the Gwangju-type AI Green New Deal policy, supporting the creation of non-face-to-face youth jobs.

Dong-gu will support the second-year startup of 10 youth entrepreneurs who participated this year, and select and place 30 unemployed youth in AI·IT digital and non-face-to-face industry-related workplaces to provide 'work experience' programs, education, and consulting.

Mayor Im Taek of Dong-gu said, "With this selection, we have laid the groundwork to nurture youth professionals in new growth industries supported by national and Gwangju city policies," adding, "We will continue to strive to create sustainable jobs where local youth can maximize their abilities so that the region and youth can coexist and prosper together."

Meanwhile, the 'Local Government-Led Youth Job Creation Project' is a bottom-up approach where local governments autonomously plan and execute projects according to regional conditions, and it is a project temporarily supported by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety from 2018 to 2021 for four years.

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