[Photo] Dobong-gu Signs Agreement with Youth Social Innovation Leaders 'Dobong Youth Fellows'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dobong-gu (Mayor Lee Dong-jin) held a signing ceremony with seven local youth fellows at the district office's Wuidang Hall on the 12th.

The term 'Youth Fellow' refers to Dobong-type young social innovators who are based in the region and use their resources and environment in various fields to solve social problems with innovative ideas and change the world for the public good.

The signing ceremony consisted of exchanging and signing the agreement between the youth fellows and the mayor, a commemorative photo session, and a time to listen to the stories of the youth.

Now in its second term, the Dobong Youth Fellows were recruited in April, with a total of seven selected. They are local youths engaged in various fields such as ▲history ▲design ▲media literacy ▲humanities community ▲culture and arts.

Going forward, Dobong-gu plans to support the activities of the youth fellows by preparing and implementing ▲education, orientation, and activity plan presentations ▲mentoring support and regular meetings ▲performance sharing sessions.

Youth fellows selected will receive a monthly execution fund of 1 million KRW for six months, totaling 6 million KRW, to support social innovation activities necessary to solve public issues in the region, and will carry out activities as local youth social innovators until December this year.

Mayor Lee Dong-jin of Dobong-gu said, “We support the leap of the social innovators ‘Youth Fellows’ who will change Dobong from the perspective of youth,” and encouraged, “Through today’s signing ceremony, please work hard so that the positive changes created by the youth fellows can spread throughout the local community.”

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