Yeongam-gun Selected for Youth Village Creation Support Project Competition

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Oversees, Total Support of 600 Million Won Over 3 Years

Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Woo Seung-hee) announced on the 11th that it was selected in the ‘2023 Youth Village Creation Support Project’ competition hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 10th.

The Youth Village Creation Project is a policy that provides opportunities for young people from outside the area to stay in the region with local youth for a certain period to help them settle in the area. It started in 2018, underwent a three-year pilot period, and since 2021, 12 sites have been established and operated annually.

Yeongam Public Bus Terminal
[Photo by Yeongam-gun]

This competition saw 161 youth organizations nationwide apply. After the first round of document screening, 34 teams were selected, followed by on-site inspections and presentation evaluations, resulting in the final selection of 12 sites. The selected youth organizations will receive a total of 600 million KRW over three years.

After an initial project fund of 200 million KRW in the first year, an additional 200 million KRW per year will be provided for two more years following a project performance evaluation.

The Yeongam-gun youth organization Culture Creation Center (representative Kim Jeong-gwan), selected this year, plans to operate a program from next month under the main theme of ‘Attractive Terminal T570 Where Young Artists Stay.’

Before the full-scale project begins, the Culture Creation Center intends to successfully promote the project through on-site consulting, mentoring from senior local youth, and workshops.

Through this, it is expected to achieve a dual effect of generating profits and encouraging youth settlement by utilizing Yeongam Public Bus Terminal and Kyungwoon University Flight Training Center, which are idle local spaces, and creating new jobs linked to local resources.

A county official stated, “Youth villages are a very meaningful policy that revitalizes the region and provides new opportunities for youth,” adding, “We plan to promote this in connection with other youth policies to create synergy.”

He also added, “We will spare no support to ensure that the village grows together with youth and local residents.”

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