Yangju City Participates in the 'Gyeonggi Northern Value Purchase Consultation'

The Meeting of Social Economy Enterprises and Public Institutions

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 14th that 13 social economy enterprises located in the city participated in the ‘Gyeonggi Northern Region Value Purchase Consultation’ (hereinafter referred to as the consultation), opening the door to priority purchases by public institutions across regions.

On the 14th, Yangju City facilitated 13 social economy enterprises located within the city to participate in the 'Gyeonggi Northern Region Value Purchase Consultation,' conducting priority purchases by public institutions across regions. Photo by Yangju City

According to the city on the 15th, the consultation held at the indoor gymnasium of Namyangju City Sports and Culture Center was co-hosted by Namyangju City and the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency. The event was organized in collaboration with 13 local governments and related organizations in the northern Gyeonggi region to address difficulties faced by social enterprises and social cooperatives in Gyeonggi Province in entering the public market, and to provide a meeting place between public procurement officers and companies realizing social value.

In particular, individual company consultation booths and product exhibition halls were operated simultaneously to provide public institution procurement officers with the opportunity to see and experience the products of participating companies firsthand, ensuring that the consultation could lead to tangible purchasing outcomes.

The social economy enterprises based in Yangju City that participated in the consultation (main services) are ▲ Bokji Union Co., Ltd. (development and production of elderly-friendly food) ▲ Gootz Co., Ltd. (production of sterilizers, water purifiers, etc.) ▲ Jisim Social Cooperative (production of lighting fixtures) ▲ Naeil Social Cooperative (printing of promotional materials) ▲ Lemuel Social Cooperative (manufacture of toilet paper) ▲ Top Lighting Co., Ltd. (production of lighting fixtures) ▲ Clean Filter Co., Ltd. (production of industrial filters) ▲ Gamdong CLEAN Cooperative (air conditioner cleaning and maintenance) ▲ Hana Tourism Co., Ltd. (charter bus transportation services) ▲ Complete Co., Ltd. (design and marketing) ▲ Tiu Co., Ltd. (ecological education and event planning) ▲ With Plus Co., Ltd. (production of lighting fixtures, CCTV) ▲ Seum Co., Ltd. (comprehensive building management services).

A Yangju City official stated, “Yangju City also holds an annual social economy enterprise-public institution matching day, playing a significant role in spreading value-based purchasing within the region,” and added, “We hope that the Gyeonggi Northern Region expanded purchase consultation held for the first time this year will further promote priority purchases of social economy enterprise products across regions.”