1) Advancing Participatory Policy Recommendations Grounded in Public Opinion

• Strengthening public-opinion–gathering activities that connect the people and the government*
  • * Launching a one-million-person public interview initiative on peaceful unification led by 22,824 council members
• Activating online and offline systems that enable both the public and council members to easily participate in policy recommendations
  • Reinvigorating on-site public-opinion activities such as regional meetings, forums, and town hall meetings
  • Diversifying public participation channels, including online communication platforms* and social media
  • * Expanding and reorganizing the existing unification policy proposal page and launching “Peaceful Unification, Led by the People”

2) Contributing to the Implementation of National Policy Agendas through Effective Policy Recommendations

• Contributing to the foundation of “a new era on the Korean Peninsula defined by peaceful coexistence and shared growth” through impactful policy recommendations
  • Identifying and advancing policy recommendations centered on national agendas such as “redefining inter-Korean relations based on reconciliation and cooperation,” “easing inter-Korean tensions and fostering peaceful coexistence,” and “developing a future vision for a peace-based economy”
  • Responding swiftly and proactively to changes in the situation on the Korean Peninsula through timely policy recommendations
  • * Establishing a rapid-response policy recommendation system: situation-analysis forums → ad-hoc policy proposals and regional implementation activities

3) Strengthening the Policy Recommendation Capacity of Council Members

• Enhancing council members’ policy expertise by continuously providing information on policy directions, inter-Korean issues, and changes in the international landscape related to peaceful unification
  • Promoting peace and unification capacity-building for council members through diverse formats, including on-site lectures, training programs, guidebooks, videos, online content, and participatory programs
• Enhancing advisory council members’ sense of policy impact by providing regular feedback on the stages and outcomes of their policy recommendations
• Strengthening proactive policy-recommendation capacities by establishing a deliberative, discussion-oriented meeting culture

1) Expanding a Culture of Peace Rooted in Communication and Mutual Respect Through Social Dialogue

• Promoting “Social Dialogue for Peaceful Unification” by leveraging the capacities of domestic and overseas regional organizations
  • Fostering a culture of respectful dialogue through deliberative dialogue programs and public-participation forums*
  • * Building participatory governance involving civil society, experts, and other stakeholders

2) Expanding Everyday Peace-Building Activities that People can Experience Firsthand

• Promoting “everyday peace movements” that citizens can easily engage in
  • Enhancing public consensus on peaceful unification and peace awareness through community festivals and everyday-friendly peace experience programs utilizing cultural, artistic, and tourism content
• Identifying and expanding peace and unification education programs in collaboration with a wide range of related institutions and organizations, and restoring and building a grassroots peace and unification education ecosystem
  • Strengthening the educational capacity of council members, including by cultivating council members as specialized instructors in peace and unification

3) Revitalizing Peace and Unification Governance at the Community Level

• Leading peace discourse in local communities by identifying peace-building initiatives tailored to regional characteristics
  • Identifying and discussing regional agendas, including policies proposed at the local level and initiatives that local residents can prioritize and implement*
  • * Strengthening linkages and cooperation among municipal chapters ↔ civil society ↔ local governments ↔ government agencies
• Developing and implementing regionally tailored empathy-building initiatives to ease conflicts across regions, generations, and social groups
  • Establishing inter-regional partnerships and intergenerational “forums for dialogue”
  • Promoting community service and sponsorship activities to foster a culture of sharing and community solidarity
  • Operating mentoring programs to support the self-reliance and economic independence of North Korean defectors

1) Strengthening Youth-Led Platforms for Peaceful Unification

• Enhancing the effectiveness of youth platforms, including youth executive committees (linked at the central and regional levels) and youth standing committees.
  • * Enhancing the effectiveness of youth platforms, including youth executive committees (linked at the central and regional levels) and youth standing committees.
• Operating council structures that enable young people to fully demonstrate their capabilities and expertise
  • Innovating meeting systems to ensure the active participation of young council members
  • Providing opportunities for young members to contribute across diverse fields beyond youth-specific subcommittees

2) Developing and Implementing Youth-Tailored Peace and Unification Initiatives

• Expanding youth engagement by identifying common peace and unification agendas and tailored initiatives that reflect youth characteristics, and by promoting nationwide youth-led projects*
  • * Peace and unification youth idea competitions, youth and university student hackathons on peaceful unification, experiential programs, and more
  • Developing and expanding online–offline integrated peace and unification programs that reflect trends among people in their 20s and 30s, including collaboration with power influencers
• Providing capacity-building and educational support to enable youth to serve as peace facilitators within their peer groups*
  • * Training programs and workshops for young advisory council members, youth peace and unification festivals, and more

3) Cultivating Peace Leaders Who Open the Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

• Identifying and implementing peace and unification education programs for youth
  • Invigorating unification-related activities in which youth participate as active agents and take initiative*
  • * Youth unification adventures, future vision presentations on unification, unification camps, outreach unification classes at schools, and more
• Expanding overseas Junior PUAC programs and diversifying participant groups, including local youth, to build a future-generation K-Peace network*
  • * Seeking synergies by building networks with overseas diplomatic missions, Korean language & cultural schools, and related institutions

1) Expanding Global Resonance for K-Peace through K-Culture

• Promoting peace-oriented public diplomacy (K-Peace) initiatives that engage local communities through K-culture, including K-pop, K-drama, Korean cuisine, and the Korean language
  • Expanding outreach through collaboration with overseas diplomatic missions, overseas Korean organizations, and local civil society groups

2) Strengthening International Support for Peace on the Korean Peninsula

• Advancing multi-layered peace public diplomacy that goes beyond cooperation centered on the United States, China, Japan, and Russia to encompass Europe and the Global South
  • Building a global human network involving overseas council members, overseas Koreans, and local communities worldwide, and implementing region-specific peace public diplomacy initiatives
• Enhancing understanding of and support for K-Peace within mainstream societies abroad

3) Strengthening the Role of Overseas Koreans as Hubs for Peaceful Unification

• Strengthening the foundation of overseas provincial assemblies as core organizations for peace and unification activities on the Korean Peninsula, capable of responding to changes in the international environment
• Building consensus within overseas Korean communities on the government’s peace and unification policies by strengthening communication and opinion-gathering with overseas council members
  • Enhancing the council’s role in promoting cohesion within overseas Korean communities*
  • Promoting “Overseas Social Dialogue for Peaceful Unification” across five regions
• Supporting peace public diplomacy capacity by expanding peace and unification education programs for overseas Koreans