Chungnam Province Selected as 'Outstanding Institution for Youth Policy' by Office for Government Policy Coordination for Second Consecutive Year

Support for Smart Farm Startup Education and Interest on Housing Lease Deposits

Chungnam Provincial Government Building. /Yonhap

Chungnam Province has been selected as an 'Outstanding Institution for Youth Policy in 2025' for the second consecutive year in an evaluation organized by the Office for Government Policy Coordination.

The Outstanding Institution for Youth Policy is selected through a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of youth policies in seven areas?including employment, education, housing, welfare, and culture?as well as the foundation for youth participation and the innovativeness of policies, targeting all 17 metropolitan and provincial governments nationwide.

According to the province on the 27th, Chungnam received high marks in this evaluation for its performance in flagship projects, its efforts to expand youth participation, and its improvement of the youth database (DB) subscription rate.

The province is promoting over 100 diverse youth policy projects to improve the quality of life for young people, including support for youth startups and new job creation, interest support for youth housing lease deposits, smart farm youth entrepreneurship education, financial education for newcomers to society, customized support for single-person households, a national youth festival, and the operation of the Chungnam Youth Center.

In addition, through its youth startup and new job creation support projects, the province has achieved 28 new startups, the expansion of 25 existing businesses, the hiring of 64 new employees, and the filing of 16 intellectual property rights applications.

Nam Sungyeon, Director of Youth Policy for the province, stated, "We will continue to make the voices of young people the starting point of our policies and will keep discovering and implementing youth policies that bring about real change and satisfaction in all aspects of young people's lives."

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