Youth-Centered 'Future Seoul Strategy Meeting' Launch Ceremony... Presenting the Vision of Future Seoul

Future Industry, Culture & Design, and Communication Strategy: 16 Members Each in 3 Divisions

Seoul City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Future Strategy Council, which presents the vision of future Seoul centered on youth, officially launched with an inauguration ceremony held on the 23rd at the Seoul City Hall main conference room.

The Future Seoul Strategy Council is a new youth participation channel established to reflect the voices and professional insights of the 2030 generation, the future protagonists, in city administration amid rapidly changing times. Through this, Seoul plans to strengthen the competitiveness of the global city and actively prepare policy improvements in key municipal areas.

The Future Seoul Strategy Council members were selected through a combination of open recruitment and internal recommendations. Out of a total of 237 applicants, 48 youth members were finally selected after screening by the selection committee. The council is composed of three divisions?Future Industry, Culture & Design, and Communication Strategy?with 16 members each. The members discuss major municipal issues from various perspectives in regular online and offline meetings by division and also conduct field visits to municipal sites.

The selected members are young experts active in various fields such as IT, medical, economy, culture, sports, and public relations. Among the members are former national curling athlete Seul-bi Lee, venture company CEO Tae-hoon Kim, a former youth bestseller author, popular music composer Chi-hoon Lee, and pharmacist-turned-writer Han-seul Park, who will provide generous suggestions for future Seoul.

Yoo Yong-jae, Seoul’s Youth Honorary Mayor, will also participate. Yoo, the representative of the winning team of the 2021 Youth Policy Grand Debate, currently serves as a member of the Seoul Youth Policy Coordination Committee. Jung Wook-chan, a graduate of the first class of the Seoul Youth Employment Academy who secured direct investment from the Seoul Business Agency (SBA) after starting a business, will also join to offer candid advice toward making Seoul a startup city.

Starting with the inauguration ceremony held on the 23rd, the Future Seoul Strategy Council members will continue their activities by division for about six months. At the end of the activities, they plan to present their achievements at the Future Seoul Strategy Performance Report Meeting. Seoul City plans to build partnerships by involving practical officials from relevant departments in each division meeting to produce tangible policy outcomes and realize “a Seoul freely created by youth and together with youth.”

Kim Cheol-hee, head of the Seoul Future Youth Planning Group, said to the members participating in this Future Seoul Strategy Council, “Since talented youth from various fields have gathered, we expect a blueprint for future Seoul centered on youth to emerge,” adding, “Seoul City will also do its best to support the process so that it will not be in vain.”

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