Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network Holds 'Sharing Youth Concerns Event'... Lively Discussion on Youth Jobs and More

The Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network held a talk concert with Governor Kim Kyung-soo on the 22nd at the Gyeongnam Residents' House.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] The Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network announced on the 22nd that it held an event titled "Special Youth Province Gyeongnam, Soaring Imagination!" at the Gyeongnam Residents' House to share youth concerns.

More than 200 people, including Governor Kim Kyung-soo, members of the Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network, youth policy advisory groups, and young people, attended the event freely planned by the youth. It was organized to share the process of preparing policy proposals by teams and to gather opinions from various stakeholders.

The event was divided into three sessions: team planning sessions directly planned by eight teams of the Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network, a youth policy advisory group planning session including a governor talk concert, and a booth event composed of various side programs such as a psychology cafe.

In the team planning sessions, various discussions and presentations were held, including "Understanding the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Megacity" (Southeast Region Megacity Team), "Young Farmers, Still Want to Live in the Countryside. Please Save Us!" (Agriculture and Fisheries Team), "Living as a Young Artist in Gyeongnam" (Arts Team), and "Why 1.5 Degrees?" (Climate Crisis Response Team).

The planning session prepared by the Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network advisory group was held through discussions and a talk concert with Governor Kim. Professor Kim Gong-hoe of Gyeongsang National University and Researcher Kim Seon-gi of Sinchon Cultural Politics Research Institute presented on the youth job guarantee system and youth challenge guarantee system, respectively. Park Jun-yong, leader of the Southeast Region Megacity Team of the Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network, presented on the life of a special youth province guaranteeing mobility rights for local youth.

The talk concert was conducted by sharing postcards left by young people in the Imagination Mailbox and the imaginations posted on Google Forms (an online survey platform) with Governor Kim and panelists, who then responded to them. The booth event featured various programs such as making imagination dolls, a youth culture concern tree, the Imagination Mailbox, Imagination Cafe, Psychology Cafe, Tarot Cafe, and youth policy promotion.

Governor Kim Kyung-soo pointed out, "Annually, more than 100,000 young people move from non-metropolitan areas to the metropolitan area nationwide, but the quality of life satisfaction of young people in the metropolitan area is much lower than that of young people in non-metropolitan areas."

Governor Kim emphasized, "If this continues nationwide, both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas will become difficult places to live, especially for young people. First, starting with our region, we want to solve our region's problems ourselves. This is the purpose of creating and promoting this event."

Meanwhile, the Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network is a decision-making participation organization where young people engage in various activities such as policy monitoring and policy proposals to solve problems themselves. Currently, 240 offline panelists form 16 teams, meeting at least once a month to prepare policies to propose to the province. The Gyeongnam Youth Policy Network plans to propose youth policies to Gyeongnam Province in July.

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