Youth Empathy Policies Find Answers On Site! ... Pohang Youth Visit Busan Policy Field Trip

To promote youth-led policy initiatives and establish youth participation governance, the Pohang City Youth Policy Coordination Committee visited Busan City for two days on the 17th and 18th to benchmark youth spaces and share youth policies.

Discussion on building a youth policy committee network after a meeting with Kim Seong-su, Head of Haeundae District Office (fifth from the left).

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The city's Youth Policy Coordination Committee (co-chair Kim Do-jun) was formed following the enactment of related ordinances in 2021, and this schedule marks the first benchmarking since the committee's establishment.

In order to build a greater Pohang together with youth, the members of the Pohang City Youth Policy Coordination Committee, who represent youth and engage in activities such as discovering and proposing youth policies, directly observed youth activities and startup spaces in Busan. The visit was arranged to share mutual activity information and strengthen cooperation through communication with the Haeundae District Youth Policy Committee.

The delegation experienced various youth spaces operated by Busan City Hall, including the Youth Dodream Center job information network, Startup Space 100, and Youth Filling Space, and shared information on youth support projects. At Haeundae District Office, they discussed plans to establish mutual networks with the Haeundae District Youth Policy Committee.

Kim Do-jun, Chair of the Pohang City Youth Policy Coordination Committee, said, “Visiting Busan City's youth activities and startup spaces in person allowed us to see and feel many things, and it was a meaningful time to form a network with the Haeundae Youth Policy Coordination Committee.” He added, “This visit provided an opportunity to conceive new ideas and policies that can be applied to Pohang based on various cases in Busan.”

Kwon Hyuk-won, Director of the Job Economy Bureau, stated, “We will continue to provide various youth policy benchmarking and capacity-building opportunities so that successful youth policies reflecting Pohang’s characteristics and identity can be implemented based on participation and experience.” He added, “Through this, we will actively promote youth policies that youth can truly feel and empathize with.”

In January of this year, Pohang City established the Job Youth Division, a dedicated department for youth policy, and secured 16.6 billion KRW to make this year the practical starting point for advancing youth policies. The city is continuously implementing 59 youth support projects across 11 initiatives in four major areas.

To enhance youth policy substance and promote youth rights through expanded youth participation and demand-tailored youth policy discovery, Pohang plans to hold youth policy forums and roundtable meetings. Centered on the Pohang City Youth Policy Coordination Committee, youth-led youth week events and a university student joint festival linked with local universities will also be held.

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