Yongin City Discusses Youth Legislation...Operating Policy Academy

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 13th that it will operate a 'Youth Policy Academy' to enhance young people's capacity for policy discovery and will recruit 40 participants.

The academy aims to help young people understand the functions and roles of legislative institutions, budget processes, and other aspects so they can directly propose policy agendas or ordinances, thereby building their policy-making capabilities.

Participants will listen to lectures from expert instructors from government and the National Assembly, as well as youth activists, and will establish standing committees divided into four subcommittees covering education and environment, employment, health and welfare, and culture and arts, where they will directly design and propose policies.

After the education concludes, the city will hold a 'Yongin Youth Policy Forum' where participants will share their activities and present the policies they have independently developed.

The city plans to issue completion certificates to those with 70% or higher attendance and award commendations to outstanding students.

The education will run for seven weeks starting July 6 at Yongin Youth LAB Suji, held every Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Young people aged 18 to under 39 who reside or work in the city are welcome to participate.

Those wishing to participate can apply through the Good Nations website (www.goodnations.kr) and the QR code on the promotional poster.

A city official stated, "Based on the judgment that a process to build young people's capabilities through professional education must precede their having a voice and participating in the policy-making process to lead substantive institutional change, we have prepared the Youth Policy Academy," and added, "We hope many young people will participate and engage in practical policy design processes."