Gwangju Nam-gu Focuses on 'Social Economy Mentoring'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, will intensively conduct customized education for four months to support expert mentoring throughout all stages, from the startup preparation phase to growing into a prospective social enterprise, to revitalize the social economy.

On the 17th, Nam-gu announced, "To help understand the social economy and to discover and nurture prospective social entrepreneurs through pre-startup preparation education, we will conduct the 'Easy Class' education as part of the cooperative activation support project."

The Easy Class education will be intensively conducted for four months from June to October, with about 30 residents including village activists, youth, and retirees active in the district participating.

As the first step, they will receive basic and advanced courses on the social economy and cooperatives for one month from the 21st of this month to July 19th.

The education will be conducted in small group formats, and participants will learn about establishing cooperative business models, writing business plans, and marketing strategies.

Additionally, residents who complete the basic and advanced courses will have the opportunity for field learning and experience by visiting social economy enterprises in July.

Along with this, Nam-gu plans to support customized consulting for each enterprise, including reviewing cases by cooperative types and drafting articles of incorporation and business plans necessary for corporate establishment, by selecting organizations capable of establishing cooperatives from August to October to help participants achieve results such as establishing cooperatives.

A Nam-gu official stated, "We will do our best to operate the Easy Class education program so that residents in the district can develop capabilities related to cooperative establishment and self-reliant management, and through this, settle as members of the social economy to create a more tightly knit social economy ecosystem in the district."

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