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Busan Metropolitan City to Hold Youth Gdae “Talk to Youth,” a Presentation Event for Its 2026 Youth Policies

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□ Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold “Youth Gdae: Talk to Youth,” a youth engagement event to present its 2026 youth policies, at 2:00 p.m. today (10) at the Gwangan X to Z Youth Community Center under the theme “Answering Young People’s Questions with Policy.”

○ Centered on Youthji (G)dae, Busan Metropolitan City’s youth policy brand, the event is designed to expand policies in which young people participate directly. Attendees include Mayor Park Heong-joon; Kang Seong-tae, Mayor of Suyeong-gu; Song Bok-cheol, head of the Busan Economic Promotion Agency; city council members; youth governance representatives; and young participants in related programs, among other youth stakeholders.
○ The event will feature: the presentation of the 2026 youth policy action plan; introductions to cases of youth participation in policies; and an open talk in which the mayor and young people freely engage in dialogue.

□ First, the “2026 Youthji (G)dae Action Plan” lays out 23 priority tasks across five policy areas under three core strategies—“upgrading job support,” “expanding housing and culture support,” and “strengthening participatory policymaking”—and will invest a total budget of KRW 462.2 billion across 104 projects.

○ Whereas last year focused on a quantitative expansion of projects centered on resolving job mismatch, this year emphasizes a qualitative expansion by reforming programs to focus on providing work-experience opportunities linked to hiring, in addition to continued efforts to address mismatch.

□ The first strategy of Youthji (G)dae is upgrading job support.
○ To resolve job mismatch, Busan Metropolitan City will expand “Cheongkkeul Companies,” youth-preferred companies, to 120, and the “Youth Employment Success Full Package” will be linked with the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Youth Employment Leap Incentive Program in addition to the existing Youth Employment Leap Support Fund, providing long-term employment incentives of up to KRW 5.8 million over two years.

○ In particular, to support youth work experience, Busan Metropolitan City will launch the new JOB-Matching Internship Program, which is conditional on conversion to regular employment, and the new Regional Link Youth Jobs Program, which connects to the matching model for Cheongkkeul Companies. These initiatives aim to lower entry barriers for new hires. In the second half of the year, the city plans to hold a large-scale Mega Recruitment Fair with 18 related organizations to further strengthen inter-agency collaboration.

□ The city will also expand housing and culture support to make young people’s everyday lives more enjoyable.
○ In housing, it will strengthen the Housing Stability Package to reduce the burden of housing costs. The public rental housing rent-support program “Forever Together: Youth for All” will continue, as in last year, toward the goal of 10,000 households by 2030, while the Meomuljari Loan will expand eligibility and improve administrative procedures to shorten screening timelines and enhance convenience. The previously temporary Youth Monthly Rent Support Program will be converted into an ongoing program to secure policy stability.

○ In culture, Busan Metropolitan City will revamp the Busan Youth KRW 10,000+ Culture Pass by expanding linkages with newly added venues to broaden young people’s choices, and it will institutionalize financial education sessions with invited experts to support economic independence.

□ Lastly, the city will strengthen youth participatory policymaking.
○ Opportunities for young people to participate in policymaking will expand significantly. The youth member participation rate in city-affiliated committees will be raised to 20%, and the Busan Youth Week event will be planned directly by young people, led by a youth director. In addition, the scale of support for youth communities will be expanded to 60 teams, establishing a foundation for young people to raise their voices across diverse areas such as public relations, policy, and culture.

□ After the policy presentation, there will be time for young people to share their participation experiences, followed by an open talk in which Mayor Park and young people discuss the policies.
○ A recipient selected for the World-Class Talent Development Program and a young employee hired by a Cheongkkeul Company will introduce the policies, and young people from various fields—including youth governance and communities—will take part in the open talk.

□ Mayor Park Heong-joon said, “It is the city’s responsibility to support every aspect of life so that young people can design their future in Busan,” adding, “Through the youth policies announced today, we will work together so that young people can stay in Busan and pursue their dreams.”