Gimhae City Selected as the Only Municipality in the Province in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Social Economy Revitalization Best Practices Contest'

Gyeongnam Gimhae-si Social Economy Enterprise Suanmaeul Agricultural Cooperative Corporation. [Image source=Gimhae-si]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] In the 'Social Economy Revitalization Best Practices Contest' conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for basic local governments, Gimhae City was the only city in Gyeongnam Province to be selected.

In this contest, nine institutions nationwide were selected, and Gimhae received high evaluations for strengthening social economy competitiveness through the establishment of a collaborative system between departments (Social Economy Revitalization One Team). The city will receive additional points when applying for next year's social economy collaboration system support project contest.

Since 2019, the city has operated the 'Social Economy Revitalization One Team,' consisting of six departments with six teams and four intermediary support organizations with four teams. Each team worked through a horizontal partnership by exchanging information to discover social economy enterprises and holding joint events such as meetings.

Representative achievements include the revitalization of Suan Village Agricultural Cooperative Corporation (Social Economy + Slow City + Rural Revitalization), Agricultural Cooperative Corporation Hyangchon (Social Economy + Rural Revitalization, '21 Preliminary Village Enterprise), Sambang Village Management Social Cooperative (Social Economy + Urban Regeneration, '20 Social Cooperative), and Mugaeheon Cooperative (Social Economy + Urban Regeneration, '20 Preliminary Social Enterprise).

In particular, the government contest project focused on the need to establish a resident-led public-private collaboration system, and through joint participation with intermediary support organizations, which have limitations in competitiveness when performing independent tasks, and public-private collaboration, visible results were achieved.

A city official said, "While we have focused on quantitative growth of the social economy so far, we will strive to establish a public-private collaboration system in all areas, including mutual exchange of human resources, so that the social economy can grow further."

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