A case study on Local Education Cooperation for youth in the community: Focusing on ‘Suspended coffee for the youth in Chuncheon City’

The purpose of this study is to analyze the case of the "Suspended coffee” or “Caffe sospeso”(A donation tea for the youth cafe) practice operated in Chuncheon from 2022 to 2024 and to explore its meaning. “A donation tea for the youth cafe” is a so-called “local youth hospitality project” that allows local residents to donate beverage coupons to local cafes and teenagers to drink drinks and use cafes for free at all times. To this end, the Office of Education (Chuncheon Office of Education), local government (Chuncheon City Hall), and intermediate support organization (Chuncheon Social Innovation Center) have formed and planned and operated cooperative governance, and local private cafe owners and teenagers, voluntarily participate and have been operating for three years so far. As a result of the analysis, through the operation of a local hospitality project for youth, participating youth felt that the cafe was a safe and comfortable space, and civic donors and cafe owners felt the joy and meaning of interest in local youth and small donations. In addition, the cooperative operation and connection of local institutions, City Hall-Education Office-School-Intermediate Support Organization-Local cafes, were strengthened, and a foothold for regional education cooperation was laid.