The Executive Yuan has extended the deadline to apply for its youth advisory group from June 17 to June 24, Spokesperson Sun Lih-chyun announced today.
Many young adults have informed the Executive Yuan that because the former deadline of June 17 overlapped with colleges' and universities' final exams, an extension would provide students more sufficient time to prepare their applications. Hence, the Executive Yuan has taken their advice and postponed the deadline by one week in order to encourage more youths to actively participate in public affairs, Sun said.
"All people who are interested in public affairs are encouraged to register and provide the government policy recommendations," the spokesperson remarked.
Any applicant must write a 1,000-word article stating his or her academic background, experiences, and aspirations as a future member of the advisory group and also upload a short film no more than 3 minutes long elucidating his or her opinions on current major policies or youth-related issues. Letters of recommendation may also be included with applications.
The panel the Executive Yuan has assembled to choose the members of the advisory group will review and discuss the applicants' articles and films and base their selections on balancing representation of each gender and area of expertise.
Applications are open to any young people age 18 to 35 who are passionate about public affairs, have leadership experience, have previously volunteered at nonprofit organizations, have organized public affairs discussions on social networking websites, or have held public forums.