Talented Youth Gather! ... Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongbuk Launches 'Byeolbyeol Cheongnyeondeul' Support Project

Supporting Various Fields from Jobs to Culture and Arts

Yeongcheon City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Yeongcheon City, Gyeongbuk Province, is carrying out various projects this year to create a vibrant youth city tailored to the needs of ‘Byeolbyeol Cheongnyeondeul’ by providing support for jobs, housing, living stability, culture and arts, and operating youth-exclusive spaces.

To provide customized job opportunities, the city was finally selected in November last year for the ‘Local Government-Led Youth Job Project’ competition and is investing 900 million KRW, including national funds, to offer employment linkage and startup support to young people.

Over the past five years (2017?2021), the city has promoted various youth startup support projects and nurtured more than 60 young CEOs.

Additionally, local small and medium-sized enterprises with excellent youth employment records receive up to 40 million KRW for improving working conditions, and to alleviate youth job-seeking difficulties and encourage long-term employment, employment support funds and continuous service incentives of 3 million KRW each have been provided.

To ease the housing cost burden for young people facing economic difficulties in the region, the city plans to support up to 200,000 KRW per month for a maximum of 12 months to non-homeowners aged 19 to 34, starting from April to May.

For newlyweds, the city will continue the ‘Newlywed Jeonse Loan Interest Support Project,’ which supports interest on jeonse (long-term deposit lease) loans at an annual rate of up to 1.5% for three years.

To help young workers build future assets, the ‘Youth Worker Love Filling Project’ is being implemented, where if a young worker pays 150,000 KRW monthly for two years (totaling 3.6 million KRW), Yeongcheon City will jointly contribute 1.75 million KRW quarterly four times, totaling 7 million KRW.

In the field of culture and arts, the city is promoting the ‘Youth Club Support Project.’ Young people interested in cultural activities participate in the ‘Byeolbyeol Humanities Rural Life Camp’ to produce cultural content.

In June this year, Yeongcheon City will open a youth center, a youth-exclusive space freely accessible to all young people, where various projects such as counseling, education, culture and arts, and employment and startup support will be conducted.

Choi Ki-moon, Mayor of Yeongcheon City, said, “This year, Yeongcheon City plans to carry out various youth cultural and artistic activities and operate youth spaces in addition to youth employment and startups,” adding, “I hope many young people actively participate and enjoy the dual benefits of various advantages and cultural and artistic activities.”

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