"Supporting the People's Retry" Ministry of the Interior and Safety & Ministry of SMEs Launch 'Failure Expo' in Full Swing

Joint Ceremony for Proclamation and Dasiin Launch on the 25th... 50 'Dasiin' Participants
Discovering Rechallenge Policy Tasks and Expanding Rechallenge Culture through Public-Private Cooperation such as Contests

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The '2021 Failure Expo,' aimed at supporting and encouraging the recovery and re-challenge of citizens struggling due to COVID-19, is being actively promoted.

On the 25th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups jointly held the '2021 Failure Expo Proclamation Ceremony and National Supporters ‘DasiIn’ Launch Ceremony' to activate re-challenge so that people can try again even after failure. The proclamation and launch ceremony was held in a hybrid format, both in-person and online, at the Sejong City Viewer Media Center.

Attendees included Jeon Hae-cheol, Minister of the Interior and Safety; Kwon Chil-seung, Minister of SMEs and Startups; Kim Je-nam, Senior Secretary for Civil Society at the Blue House; Kwon Seon-pil, Head of the Failure Expo Private Planning Group; and 50 members of ‘DasiIn.’ ‘DasiIn’ refers to people who help those who have experienced crises and failures to stand up again and return to their original place in (in).

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, in cooperation with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, selected 10 experts to provide re-challenge counseling and policy information. Additionally, through an open recruitment, 50 ‘DasiIn’ were selected, including 10 professional counselors specializing in startup, employment, finance, psychology, and business management, and 40 professionals in story discovery and dissemination who will work as reporters, producers, and cheerleaders. They will serve as ambassadors for the Failure Expo, delivering online counseling and various real-time stories of re-challenge to encourage citizens not to give up and to try again.

Since its inception in 2018, the Failure Expo strengthened cooperation with local governments, public and private institutions last year and transitioned to a year-round operation method. Over 1.5 million citizens participated through online and offline programs. Through deliberative discussions, citizens gathered wisdom to discover 75 policy agendas related to re-challenge from failure cases, of which 35 were reflected in policies of central government ministries and local governments. This not only demonstrated proactive administration but also achieved significant success in spreading the positive value of failure throughout society.

This year, the Failure Expo will strengthen connections with local governments and central ministries and expand online channels to allow anyone to participate. In cooperation with three local governments?Busan, Daegu, and Jeju?14 private and public institutions focusing on youth, women, employment/startups, and small business owners, as well as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the expo will transform various failure experiences into social assets and support citizens’ recovery and re-challenge through counseling and other means.

In particular, cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups will be strengthened to activate re-challenge for small business owners and SMEs. Efforts to discover re-challenge policy tasks will be enhanced, including policy deliberations conducted by 17 participating institutions. From this year, public participation will be expanded through online opinion gathering and agenda proposals. Additionally, from July to November, a re-challenge case contest and an ‘International Conference’ for sharing and spreading domestic and international cases will be held, along with support projects linked to investment and market expansion for re-challenge companies.

Kwon Chil-seung, Minister of SMEs and Startups, said, “Today’s failure is the most valuable asset that creates tomorrow’s success,” adding, “The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will work together to help people stand up again using this as a stepping stone for a new leap forward.” Jeon Hae-cheol, Minister of the Interior and Safety, stated, “For those who have experienced failure not to be discouraged or give up but to gain the strength to rise again, society must accept and embrace failure,” and added, “We will continue to show interest and support to encourage citizens’ re-challenge and to spread a culture of re-challenge.”

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