Suwon City Youth Policy Committee Holds Second Half Regular Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City held the Youth Policy Committee's second half regular meeting in the main conference room of City Hall on the 1st.

At the meeting, major achievements of this year's youth policies were reviewed, and deliberation on next year's key business plans as well as gathering of opinions from committee members took place.

This year, the city promoted youth policies according to four major implementation strategies—youthfulness, stepping stone, filling the void, and enjoyment—under the goal of 'Creating a Youth City of Hope, Suwon, Together with Citizens.'

As part of the 'youthfulness' project supporting youth capacity building, the Youth Wind Zone, which provides free space rental for study groups and meetings, was used by approximately 10,000 people. Cheong Narae, which provides interview suit rentals, was utilized by 1,000 youth.

Among 'stepping stone' initiatives supporting youth futures, the Cheong Card project, which provides transportation cards to job-seeking youth, provided support to approximately 650 people. Career design and job matching programs such as Youth School and UP Cloud were actively utilized.

As part of the 'filling the void' project supporting living and housing stability, basic income was provided to approximately 36,000 youth. Through the scholarship house 'Suwon's Shook' located in Sillim-dong, Sadang-dong, and Muk-dong in Seoul, a total of 30 youth from the Suwon area received assistance.

Through the communication program 'enjoyment,' a Korea-China Youth Forum was held in September. Youth networks and an online platform were activated.

The city plans to hold Youth Week from December 7-21, supporting youth activities through various performances and lectures. The city also plans to gather not only opinions from the Youth Policy Committee presented at the meeting but also opinions from citizens.