Suwon Launches 5th Policy Youth Participation Group

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special Metropolitan City held the '5th Suwon Policy Youth Participation Group' inaugural ceremony at Kyonggi University's Deokmun Building on the 10th.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by Hyun Geun-taek, Vice Mayor of Suwon; Park Hyun-wook, Professor of Public Administration at Kyonggi University; students of the Policy Youth Participation Group; and relevant officials.

The 5th Suwon Policy Youth Participation Group is composed of 20 students enrolled in the 'Policy Innovation Seminar' course (taught by Professor Park Hyun-wook) in the Department of Public Administration at Kyonggi University. It aims to achieve 'policy development led by youth in Suwon.'

The Policy Innovation Seminar course consists of team project work including policy proposals and presentations to Suwon City, mentoring with Suwon City grade 6 team leaders as mentors, and internship programs in university administrative practice.

The Policy Youth Participation Group, operated through collaboration between government and academia, is a program where students identify problems in the local community that need to be addressed and propose customized policies using the citizen participation platform Saebil Talk Talk.

Previously, the 1st and 2nd groups were operated at Ajou University, the 3rd group at Kyonggi University, and the 4th group at Ajou University. The 5th group will be conducted at Kyonggi University.

To date, a total of 83 people have participated and proposed 21 policies, and some proposals have been adopted as policies by Suwon City.

Vice Mayor Hyun Geun-taek said, "I hope that young people will propose policies from various perspectives and that more cases of these proposals being implemented as actual policies by relevant departments will increase."