Seoul City to Operate Public Service Activity Space in Samgakji... Recruiting Tenants

Support for Office Space for Nonprofit Public Interest Activists and Citizens... Opening of a 77-Seat Shared Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 28th that it will establish a public interest activity space with an exclusive area of 1,815㎡ (550 pyeong) in 'Samgakji' to revitalize civil society and promote public interest activities, and is recruiting tenants. Any nonprofit public interest activists and organizations engaged in activities for the protection and promotion of citizens' rights, including socially vulnerable groups, and the sustainable development of society can apply for residency.

The Seoul public interest activity space in Samgakji is equipped with 33 office seats for nonprofit public interest activists and organizations, 32 individual free-use seats available to all citizens, 5 soundproof booths (phone booths), 8 collaboration meeting rooms, and 6 open workspaces. The individual free-use seats are spaces where citizens can study or work, the soundproof booths are for focused tasks such as remote meetings and calls, and the collaboration meeting rooms and open workspaces are for public interest activities and various gatherings.

A total of 33 seats are being recruited for the nonprofit public interest activity space. Eligible applicants include nonprofit public interest activists or organizations in need of stable activity spaces, individuals possessing essential expertise for strengthening tenant capabilities and collaboration, and nonprofit or for-profit organizations (up to 3 teams in total).

Additionally, starting this year, 32 seats will be open to citizens. The individual free-use seats can be used by any Seoul citizen through prior reservation, regardless of purpose. The rental fee for nonprofit public interest activists' office space is 89,000 KRW per seat (average 5.13㎡) per month, and the individual free-use seats for citizens are available at 1,200 KRW per day.

Applications for the Seoul public interest activity space in Samgakji will be accepted via email from April 4 to April 6. Tenants will be selected through document screening and interviews in April, and the selected activists and organizations can use the space for eight months from May to December. The individual free-use seats for citizens can be used anytime through prior reservation.

Park Sung-gyu, Director of the Conflict Management and Cooperation Division of Seoul City, said, “It is not easy for nonprofit organizations to find office space. Seoul City hopes to provide a stable foundation for nonprofit activists to operate and to foster a healthy civil society ecosystem, so that citizens can experience public interest activities and these activities can be revitalized.”

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