Online youth panel to recruit up to 1,000 members
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is accepting open applications for its fifth-term 2030 Youth Advisory Panel and a Youth Online Panel, both designed to channel young people's views on housing and transport policy that directly affect their daily lives.
Applicants must be between 19 and 39 years old. The application window runs from Monday through Nov. 22. Full details on eligibility and how to apply are available on each program's website.
Starting with this cohort, the ministry is strengthening direct communication between youth advisers and the relevant departments. Under the new structure, departments will bring forward agenda items requiring youth input, the advisory panel will deliberate and draft recommendations, and those recommendations will be passed back to the departments. For major policies, the ministry also plans to run online surveys through the Youth Online Panel to capture a broader range of views.
The advisory panel will be organized into roughly five working groups based on members' areas of interest, and will carry out one policy research project per year. Those selected as advisers will gain hands-on experience across the full cycle from policy planning to proposal.
About 25 members will be chosen through a document review and interview process. The term runs from January to December 2027.
The Youth Online Panel will recruit up to 1,000 members, who will participate in online surveys on major policies at least once a month.
Both advisers and online panel members will receive certificates of participation, and outstanding advisory panel members will be considered for commendation awards.
"Young people know best about the housing they live in and the transport they use," said Kim Heon-jeong, head of the ministry's Planning and Coordination Office. "We will engage in dialogue with youth at key stages of policies that concern them, and ensure the results feed meaningfully into actual policy."
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