How Were the Activities of Songpa Youth This Year? ... '2024 Songpa Youth Network Performance Report Meeting' Held

On the 6th, 'Songpa Cheongnyeon Network' Shares Annual Activity Achievements and Policy Proposals
Notable Efforts to Understand Overall District Administration... Discovering Youth Generation's Contribution and Cooperation Potential in the Local Community

Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced that it successfully held the year-end event, the ‘2024 Songpa Youth Network Performance Report Meeting,’ on the 6th at the KT Songpa Tower Songpa Academy.

Launched in 2019, the Songpa Youth Network is a public-private youth organization that participates in the pre-implementation stages of policy development, incorporating youth voices into district administration. Since the inauguration ceremony in April, 40 members have been actively working in four divisions: jobs & economy, culture & education, housing & living, and publicity & communication.

At the performance report meeting held on the 6th, the members reflected on the passionate activities of 2024 and spent time preparing for the new year by proposing policies by division.

This year, the Songpa Youth Network gathered more than 50 times, including various meetings.

In particular, they monitored district administration through the ▲Songpa Youth Perspective Academy and ▲Songpa Youth Perspective Project, and promoted youth projects widely by holding the ▲Songpa Youth Festival, striving to understand the overall district administration beyond simple policy proposals.

At the Songpa Youth Perspective Academy, professional members such as lawyers and labor consultants took the lead in conducting internal capacity-building education. Over five sessions, they held specialized and practical lectures tailored to youth perspectives, including topics like ‘Using Youth Policies to Purchase Your Own Home,’ ‘Labor Standards Act That Empowers You,’ and ‘How to Read Wedding Company Contracts.’

Through the Songpa Youth Perspective Project, which involved on-the-ground visits to local companies and facilities, they explored Songpa-gu via a total of 12 meetings, including visits to the headquarters of ‘Woowa Brothers’ and participation in barista and florist entrepreneurship training at the ‘Chamsari Practice Center.’ In October, they also directly planned and operated the ▲Songpa Youth Festival to promote hidden youth policies of the district and listen to residents’ opinions.

Based on this solid understanding of district administration, a session was held to propose policies for the coming year. They presented innovative youth policies after deliberations by division, including ▲Youth Space Contest Project Proposals, ▲Future Talent Growth Programs in Cooperation with Local Companies, ▲Youth Community Support Projects for Communication, ▲Governance Establishment among Stakeholders for Youth Artist Support Projects, and ▲2024 SongCheongNet (Songpa Youth Network) Rebranding.

The youth network members said, “By understanding unfamiliar topics such as housing, marriage, and labor contracts, we gained confidence in proposing policies,” and “We discovered new ways and possibilities for the youth generation to contribute to the local community.” The district plans to review the proposed projects through the relevant departments and reflect them in policies.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, expressed his gratitude, saying, “I thank the Youth Network for their active efforts to represent the voices of youth,” and added, “I hope they will continue to play an important role as a forum for policy discussion and a policy laboratory next year. The district will also listen attentively to the voices of the youth generation and actively communicate and support them.”

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