From "Preventing Financial Crimes" to "Bridging Opportunity Gaps"... Youth Directly Propose Policies

Youth Special Assembly Plenary Session to Be Held on September 4–5

A policy participation meeting will be held where young people can directly identify youth policy issues and make recommendations to the government.

On September 3, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that it will hold the 22nd Youth Special Assembly plenary session for two days from September 4 to 5 at Dobong Forest Village.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is providing capacity-building training for the members of the special assembly and supporting the youth-driven policy identification process by organizing groups of youth experts, facilitators (activity coordinators), and mentor committees formed by previous members.

This year's special assembly has focused on discovering policy tasks in the areas of 'economy·finance' and 'narrowing disparities,' which were chosen directly by young people through an online vote in January this year.

During the plenary session, detailed implementation plans will be discussed for six policy topics: ▲strengthening financial education for youth ▲preventing youth economic·financial crimes ▲supporting youth employment self-sufficiency ▲narrowing the educational gap among youth ▲narrowing the living standard gap among youth ▲narrowing the opportunity gap for youth. Final policy issues to be proposed to the government will also be selected. These policy tasks, identified through the plenary, will be finalized by a vote of all members of the Youth Special Assembly and then proposed to the relevant ministries through the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Subsequently, at the results presentation meeting scheduled for December, young people will directly report the results of departmental reviews and the status of policy adoption and implementation, thereby concluding their year-long activities.

Vice Minister Jeong Goo-chang of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family stated, "The process in which young people directly identify policy tasks for problems they experience in daily life is, in itself, very meaningful for nurturing youth as democratic citizens and future leaders." He added, "Moving forward, we will continue to expand opportunities for youth participation so that their voices are sufficiently reflected in the policy process and lead to tangible change."

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