Ministry of the Interior and Safety to Hold Launch Ceremony for Regional-Youth Win-Win 'Cheongnyeon Maeul' on the 30th

Support for 12 Youth Villages This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Youth villages, which provide young people with opportunities to pursue their dreams and inject new vitality into local communities, will be expanded to 12 regions this year.

On the 29th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that the '2021 Youth Village Joint Launch Ceremony,' marking the official launch of youth villages, will be held on the 30th in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk. The launch ceremony will be held under the theme "Youth, Becoming the Stars of the Region," and will include an introduction to youth villages, an opening event, signing of agreements, meetings with youth, a one-day youth village store experience, and a plaque ceremony for the Wanju youth village.

The youth village project supports young people seeking new opportunities in their regions by providing work and housing utilizing local resources. Since 2018, one pilot youth village has been established annually, including 'Gwaenchana Village' in Mokpo-si, Jeonnam in 2018, 'Life Skills School' in Seocheon-gun, Chungnam in 2019, and 'Dalbit Exploration Team' in Mungyeong-si, Gyeongbuk in 2020. This year, the project has been significantly expanded to 12 locations.

Youths participating in the youth villages transform idle local spaces into community and startup spaces, and reinvent their ideas by linking them with local specialties and traditional businesses to create excellent startup items.

The 12 youth villages selected this year were chosen from 144 nationwide applicants, recording a competition rate of 12 to 1. Places where youth took the lead and local residents and local governments supported in unison received high scores.

The 12 selected youth villages have opened separate SNS accounts to promote local living programs, recruit participants, and carry out local living programs, entering full-scale activities. Among the 12, for the first time, the youth village in Goesan-gun held its own launch ceremony on the 14th by inviting local stakeholders and officially began activities with the 'Mwohanoeng 1st Avengers (Gangcheol Farmer)'.

Meanwhile, after the launch ceremony, Minister Jeon Hae-cheol personally visited the one-day store to listen to difficulties in settling in the region and plans to experience local content created by youth ideas utilizing local resources.

Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said, "The youth village project is meaningful in that young people can take on new challenges based in their regions and thereby lead regional revitalization," adding, "We will support young people who meet and communicate directly and cooperate with local governments so that youth exploring new lives in their regions can settle more stably."

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