Daegu City Awarded 'Best Institution' in Ministry of the Interior and Safety Evaluation for 'Community-Led Jobs'

3229 Youth Matched with Jobs at 1261 Companies Amid Difficult Employment Conditions

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Daegu City announced on the 28th that it was selected as the best institution in the evaluation of the '2020 Local Government-Led Youth Job Project' hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and received an institutional commendation.

The 'Local Government-Led Youth Job Project' is the largest job project designed and promoted through government contests by local governments, which best understand the local field, to proactively design jobs suitable for the region.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety evaluated the overall project, including youth employment performance, project promotion enthusiasm, and project fund execution rate for 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, ranking them by metropolitan government.

Daegu City received high praise for its active efforts to enhance project effectiveness by having the Job and Labor Policy Division, the overall control tower for project promotion, collaborate with nine city departments and eight districts/counties to conduct practical discussions and share opinions.

In addition, 45 projects were meticulously designed considering youth aptitude and major, characteristics of local companies, and demand, securing the largest national funding among metropolitan governments with 29.2 billion KRW, and including local funds, a total project cost of 59.4 billion KRW was invested.

Through this, despite difficult employment conditions such as COVID-19, 3,229 local youths found new jobs this year, and 1,261 companies that hesitated to hire new employees due to management difficulties were found to have increased jobs.

Kim Tae-woon, Director of the Job Investment Bureau of Daegu City, stated, "Next year, we will focus on nurturing future core youth talents who can lead the new digital era in line with the industrial structure transformation with a more macro perspective."

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