Busan Chamber of Commerce Opens 'Myeongji Daycare'... Easing Childcare Difficulties for West Busan Commuting Workers

Taewoong, Air Busan, Lino Industry and 17 Regional Leading Companies Join Consortium

Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service, Busan City, Air Busan Support Daycare Installation Costs and Sites

Improving Childcare Welfare for Workers in

Busan Chamber of Commerce Myongji Daycare Center.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairman Heo Yong-do) opened the ‘Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Myeongji Daycare Center’ on the 18th in Myeongji National Industrial Complex, Gangseo-gu, Busan, and has begun full-scale operation.

The operation of this Myeongji Daycare Center is expected to resolve the childcare issues for workers’ children, which have been cited as a major cause of labor shortages by companies in the western Busan industrial complex. The opening of the ‘Chamber Daycare Center’ was promoted to solve companies’ difficulties by encouraging long-term employment of industrial complex workers and attracting new job seekers.

To promote the project, Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry obtained approval for the small and medium-sized enterprise joint workplace daycare center project from the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service in 2018 and secured 2.07 billion KRW in national funding.

They received 200 million KRW and the daycare site from Busan City, and 100 million KRW support from Air Busan.

Additionally, Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry formed a consortium with local companies to operate the daycare center. The consortium includes 17 leading companies representing the western Busan area, such as Taewoong Co., Ltd., Air Busan Co., Ltd., Lino Industry Co., Ltd., Taekwang Co., Ltd., Stauf Korea Ltd., Diplomat Co., Ltd., and Taesang Co., Ltd.

Completed last November, the Myeongji Daycare Center is a three-story facility with a site area of 1,285㎡ and a total floor area of 980㎡, capable of caring for a total of 95 infants and toddlers. The daycare center operation is entrusted to the professional organization Moa Mom Childcare Foundation.

The Myeongji Daycare Center uses eco-friendly materials and focuses on providing a high-quality childcare environment, having acquired BF certification, a barrier-free certification system ensuring safety and convenience.

On the second floor, an outdoor vegetable garden was installed to allow children to experience nature-friendly learning.

Heo Yong-do, chairman of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “Since the western Busan industrial complex has many young employees with high childcare demand, we expect that solving childcare issues will improve worker welfare and the business environment.”

Local companies wishing to use the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Myeongji Daycare Center can do so through an agreement with the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and inquiries can be made to the Chamber’s Trade Promotion Headquarters.

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