Bucheon-si Selected as an 'Excellent' Local Government for Fostering Social Enterprises
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, was selected as an excellent local government for discovering and fostering social enterprises in 2020 and received the Minister of Employment and Labor Award.
This evaluation, hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, comprehensively covered four areas?▲activation of social enterprises ▲discovery of social enterprises ▲job creation ▲fostering of social enterprises?targeting 243 metropolitan and local governments nationwide.
Bucheon-si received high marks for promoting social enterprises through public-private-academic cooperation, diversifying sales channel support for social enterprises affected by COVID-19, contributing to local communities through various resource linkages, and advancing projects through collaboration in urban regeneration, community care, and smart city initiatives.
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Jang Deokcheon, Mayor of Bucheon-si, stated, "This award highly appreciates the various policies Bucheon-si has implemented to create a people-centered social economy city. We will continue to implement diverse policies so that social enterprises struggling due to COVID-19 can continuously practice social values and grow."
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