Seoul City Announces Public Contest for 'Improving Community Awareness and Generational Empathy for the Elderly' Project... Applications Accepted Until Next Month 15

Support of Approximately 10 Million Won in Project Funds to the Final Selected Institution

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 31st that it will open a public notice for the project "Improving Community Awareness and Generational Empathy for the Elderly" for 14 days from the 1st to the 14th of next month, and will recruit participating organizations (groups) until the 15th. Selected organizations (groups) will receive project funding of around 10 million KRW.

Seoul is calling for projects that create an environment where elderly people can live safely and comfortably as members of the community, and projects that build community environments in response to increased care demands due to dementia and other factors, aiming to foster empathy and integration between generations. Through this public call, Seoul plans to dispel negative perceptions and prejudices against the elderly while creating a society where all generations can harmoniously coexist.

The application fields include nonprofit projects where local youth generations (ages 10 to 30) and elderly people aged 65 and over can regularly participate together, such as ▲ promotional, educational, and volunteer activities to create an elderly-friendly social atmosphere and resolve generational conflicts ▲ projects to create care environments for vulnerable elderly groups such as those with dementia, and any projects that promote communication and understanding between generations.

Eligibility requires having the main office in Seoul and being a social welfare-related institution, nonprofit corporation or organization, social enterprise, cooperative, etc., that has been authorized, registered, or designated by the national or local government, and has a record of conducting public interest projects related to the elderly within the last two years.

Applications must be submitted by filling out the forms posted on the Seoul Metropolitan Government website under notices and announcements and sent via email by the 15th. After first and second rounds of evaluation, the results will be posted on the Seoul Metropolitan Government website in June, and the final selected organizations (groups) will be individually notified.

Kim Seon-soon, Director of Welfare Policy at Seoul City, said, "As the number of elderly people requiring care increases due to aging, resolving generational conflicts and expanding social consensus is urgently needed," adding, "We hope this public call will lead to various projects that not only improve awareness of the elderly but also foster communities where all generations live together harmoniously."

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