Eunpyeong-gu Selected for Seoul City's 2020 Resident Technology School Project Competition

Seoul City Secures 60 Million Won for Social Economy Workforce Development Planned

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) has been selected for the Seoul Metropolitan Government's '2020 Resident Technology School Project' and secured 60 million KRW in city funds.

The Resident Technology School aims to support education and collaboration systems that create new jobs and income through a process led by residents to meet local needs, fostering a virtuous cycle social economy ecosystem in the community.

To establish a social economy model that residents can directly experience, Eunpyeong-gu chose a strategy focusing on social economy care services. Paying attention to the care issues most needed by residents in the area, the project plans to train and strengthen the capabilities of care personnel at the field level, conducting the 2020 Resident Technology School in collaboration with local social economy enterprises.

The Resident Technology School project will provide integrated care-related technical education combining theory and practice in three areas: △care personnel training △development of care content feasible in hub spaces △capacity building & continuous activities.

After completing the training, entrepreneurship education and consulting will be provided to help trainees establish social economy enterprises such as local cooperatives that can contribute to revitalizing the local economy and creating jobs, aiming to grow into care regional management companies.

An official from Eunpyeong-gu stated, “Through the Resident Technology School, we hope to realize a social economy win-win model where talented local residents and the demand for life skills within the community come together to create new local jobs and income.”

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