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The purpose of this study is to suggest a policy direction to promote youth policy governance. This research analyzed youth policy governance focused on Gwangju Metropolitan City by using Social Network Analysis. Based on the results of the study, the problems of youth policy governance are as follows. First, governance exist in only the most rudimentary form. Second, there are pendant nodes and isolated nodes. Third, youth committee lacked both internal and external interaction. Fourth, Youth Committee is not located at the center of policy network. The approaches are needed to solve the problems of youth policy governance. First, policy decision makers should participate in formal meetings. Second, information and resources related to governance should be shared. Third, youth committee should activate group meetings. Fourth, joint projects are pushed to strengthen youth committee’s network. Fifth, youth committee should create an online communication platform. This study is significant in that it is the first paper to analyze the network structure of youth policy governance. It will be used as basic data for activating youth policy governance and will help to enhance the effectiveness of youth policy governance.