Sejong City Hosts Youth Policy Debate 'Bold Journey'

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City announced on the 20th that it will hold the ‘Bold Journey of Youth Policy Debate Competition,’ which seeks solutions by discussing youth policies from the perspective of young people.

The debate competition will be conducted in a way that analyzes or newly discovers city youth policies in areas such as ▲welfare and culture ▲housing and environment ▲employment and start-ups from the youth perspective, then refines ideas through debate and proposes them as policies.

A distinctive feature is that the competition will be held in a knockout tournament format, where teams compete to advance by ranking.

The city will select 8 teams from all applicants through document and presentation evaluations, supplement ideas through incubation with experts, and conduct one-on-one debate tournaments up to the semifinals and a final to select one winning team.

The semifinals and finals are scheduled for August 13, and both on-site attendance and real-time viewing via YouTube will be available.

The city will award prize money of 3 million KRW to the first-place team, 2 million KRW to the second-place team, 1 million KRW to the third-place team, and 700,000 KRW to the fourth-place team as prizes.

In addition, the awarded works will be reviewed and supplemented before being reflected in the city’s youth policies.

Participants must be youths aged 19 to 34 who live, work, or attend university in Sejong, and can participate by forming teams of three or more members.

Applications can be submitted from the 20th of this month to the 8th of next month by downloading the application form from the city’s website or the Secheongnarae website and submitting it via email.

A city official said, “We hope the debate competition will be an opportunity to confirm the determination of local youth who want to proactively solve youth issues,” and added, “The city will strive to ensure that the results from the debates do not remain mere proposals but are realized as good policies in the field.”

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