Gyeonggi-do Supports Youth Proposal Projects with Up to 5 Million KRW Funding

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province will expand the ‘Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year Program’ this year to support young people in exploring and challenging what they want to do.

The Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year Program is Governor Kim Dong-yeon's flagship youth policy, where young people directly propose projects they want to pursue related to their career paths, and are supported with capacity-building programs and mentoring to help concretize their projects. Financial support of up to 5 million KRW per person is also provided to carry out the projects.

Changes starting this year include the target participants and follow-up programs.

First, the eligible age range has been expanded to 19 to 39 years old. This follows the partial amendment of the ‘Gyeonggi Province Youth Basic Ordinance’ last year, which raised the youth age range in the ordinance from 19 to 34 years old to 19 to 39 years old. The number of selected participants has also increased from 600 last year to 800 this year, an increase of 200.

Gyeonggi Province will newly introduce the ‘Opportunity Plus’ program to help participants continue their challenges after the Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year Program. This includes ‘Project Plus?’, which provides additional funding to outstanding participants selected through evaluation, and linking employment and start-up programs between Gyeonggi Province, public institutions, and participants for one year after the project ends.

Last month, Gyeonggi Province completed consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare regarding changes to the social security system reflecting the modifications to the Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year Program.

After finalizing the detailed program design, Gyeonggi Province will recruit participants for the ‘Gyeonggi Youth Gap Year Program’ in April.

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