[Photo] Seongjanghyeon, Yongsan District Mayor, Attends Youth Policy Network Launch Ceremony

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (Mayor Seongjang Hyun) held the launch ceremony of the ‘Youth Policy Network’ on the 29th at Yongsan Youth Jium (3rd floor, Public Facility Building, 17 Seobinggo-ro).

The event was attended by Seongjang Hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, members of the district youth policy network, and related officials, totaling 40 people. The two-hour event proceeded with a congratulatory performance, mayor’s congratulatory speech, certificate awarding, and subgroup meetings.

The district youth policy network is a citizen participation platform aimed at solving youth issues. The members’ activities include regular meetings and subgroup (ad hoc) meetings, policy forums and debates, participation in youth-related district events, etc., with a term of one and a half years from the appointment date until the end of next year.

Last month, the district prepared a network composition plan and recruited 24 members. They will continue various activities in four subgroups: jobs, culture and arts, welfare, and system and publicity.

In 2019, the district enacted the ‘Seoul Metropolitan City Yongsan-gu Youth Basic Ordinance’ and has operated the largest youth policy advisory group in the nation (215 members) over two years.

A youth job fund amounting to 12 billion KRW was also newly established.

This year, the existing advisory group was changed to the Youth Policy Network, reducing the number of members and aiming for internal strengthening.

Seongjang Hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “Recently, the district was selected as an excellent basic local government in the Youth-Friendly Parliamentary Award evaluation conducted by the National Assembly Secretariat. We will refine the district’s youth policies more sophisticatedly together with the newly formed network members.”

In addition to operating the network, the district plans to build youth policy governance through various projects such as the Youth Why Not Project, Useful Youth Encyclopedia, and Youth 3-Gil Exploration Project.

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