Gwangju Seo-gu Supports Village Enterprises through 'Social Economy Academy'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Seo Daeseok) announced on the 2nd that it will actively support the establishment of village enterprises based on the Social Economy Academy.

Now in its fourth year, the Seo-gu Social Economy Academy is a project that provides comprehensive support for the entire process of establishing village enterprises to residents and communities wishing to enter the social economy sector.

Through the academy so far, it has led to the establishment of 2 village enterprises, 2 preliminary social enterprises, and 11 cooperatives.

This year, the focus will be on supporting the establishment of village enterprises that solve local problems and generate income for residents.

Communities participating in the academy will receive customized individual mentoring from organizational formation reflecting each community’s characteristics to discovering business items and legal incorporation procedures. They will also be granted qualifications to participate in advanced case study tours and public contest projects.

To prevent the local spread of COVID-19 during this year’s academy, the district minimized group education to only one opening ceremony and plans to strengthen individual mentoring education.

A representative of a company that established a village enterprise after completing the academy said, “Thanks to the Seo-gu Social Economy Academy, which proceeds according to the characteristics of each community, we succeeded in establishing the company,” and added, “I hope many residents wishing to establish village enterprises participate in the academy so that the number of companies that can cooperate increases.”

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