Seongbuk-gu Youth Policy Idea Contest

Youth and Local University Students Directly Propose Policy Ideas

Youth Daily Empathy (Ideas for Youth Population Settlement), Resident Participation (Free Topic)

Submissions Accepted Until June 30, Results Announced in August

1st Round: Online Voting on 국민생각함, 2nd Round: Final Selection by Contest Judging Committee

Grand Prize 1,000,000 KRW, Silver Prize 500,000 KRW, Bronze Prize 300,000 KRW Awarded

Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is holding the ‘2023 Happy Seongbuk through Communication (hereafter Sohaengseong) Contest’ starting from the 5th.

Now in its 7th year, the Sohaengseong Contest is Seongbuk-gu’s representative youth contest targeting youth and university (graduate) students in the local area.

Seongbuk-gu has made efforts to discover policy ideas utilizing the region’s abundant youth human resources, with the highest number of eight universities among Seoul’s autonomous districts, and to apply them to district administration.

The 2023 themes are ▲Youth Daily Empathy (Youth policy ideas for youth population settlement) ▲Resident Participation (Free topic).

Youth wishing to participate can select one theme and submit a proposal or video by June 30 via email or regular mail to the Planning and Budget Division of Seongbuk-gu Office (168 Bomun-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Planning and Budget Division Innovation Management Support Team). In-person submissions are also accepted.

Submitted proposals will be evaluated on creativity, economic feasibility, and practicability, with final decisions made through 국민생각함 online voting and the contest judging committee. Results will be announced in August.

Winners will receive prize money of 1,000,000 KRW for the Grand Prize, 500,000 KRW for the Silver Prize, and 300,000 KRW for the Bronze Prize.

More detailed information about the ‘2023 Happy Seongbuk through Communication (Sohaengseong) Contest’ can be found in the public notices section on the Seongbuk-gu website.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “Through the Sohaengseong Contest, we will expand youth participation opportunities in district administration and do our best to actively reflect excellent ideas in district policies. If you have policy ideas that express your hopes for Seongbuk, please do not hesitate to take on the challenge.”