Officially Designated as a "Social Enterprise-Friendly City"
Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul announced on July 3 that it has received the 'Grand Prize' in this year's evaluation of local governments for social enterprise promotion, becoming the first among Seoul's autonomous districts to do so.
This evaluation, organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, was conducted during the Social Enterprise Day ceremony held on July 1 at the Seoul Science and Technology Convention Center. The assessment targeted local governments nationwide to foster a regional ecosystem for social enterprises, comprehensively reviewing twelve indicators across five areas: job creation and market support, management of preliminary social enterprises, establishment of support systems and discovery of best practices, participation in the Social Value Index (SVI) and efforts toward transparent management, and achievements in realizing the local era and providing social services. Eight local governments were selected based on these criteria.
Eunpyeong-gu employees who won the 'Grand Prize,' the first among Seoul's autonomous districts, in the excellent evaluation of social enterprise promotion. Provided by Eunpyeong-gu.
Eunpyeong-gu was officially designated as a 'social enterprise-friendly city' and received the Grand Prize in recognition of its achievements, including implementing projects centered on social enterprises to address welfare blind spots and operating the Social Economy Hub Center. Following its Excellence Award in 2022, the district was highly evaluated this year for identifying collaborative public-private models with social economy enterprises to solve local issues, contributing to closing care service gaps and discovering new beneficiaries.
The district has strengthened the foundation for business growth through various forms of support, such as entrepreneurship education, management consulting, business development funding, and customized product development. In addition, by cooperating with related organizations such as the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency, Eunpyeong-gu expanded the social economy network to a metropolitan scale through initiatives like product exhibitions for social economy enterprises and business model mentoring.
Kim Mikyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, stated, "Building on this achievement, we will continue to develop and implement effective policies to enable social economy enterprises to operate even more actively."
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