Changwon City Receives Top Award for Women-Only Startup Space 'Dairoom Plus'
Selected as the Highest Grade 'S Grade' by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 24th that Dairum Plus, a women-only startup space, received an S grade (highest rating) in the 'General Lab' category in the '2022 Maker Space Establishment and Operation Project Annual Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
Dairum Plus was established in 2020 as the nation’s first women-friendly startup space in the KT Building, Seoseong-dong, Masanhappo-gu, and has conducted various networking programs such as online and offline maker culture expansion programs, visiting maker experience activities, Dairum Plus flea markets, and 3D pen maker competitions.
In the '2022 Maker Space Establishment and Operation Project Annual Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Dairum Plus, a women-only startup space, received an S grade (highest) in the 'General Lab' category.
View original imageAs a result, in 2022, it achieved a total of 2,928 outcomes including 184 maker programs, 214 prototype production supports, 285 equipment uses and space rentals, and 14 startups.
Dairum Plus is a women-only startup space established and supported by the city and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Startup Promotion Agency) and operated by the Masan Women’s Human Resources Development Center. It consists of six spaces: ▲Education Program Space (Dajon) ▲Creative Space (Dageulang) ▲Shared Studio (Dajum) ▲Shared Kitchen (Dachaum) ▲Book Lounge (Darag) ▲Design Cafe (Dasi). It provides maker activists and prospective entrepreneurs with opportunities to realize and share business-related imagination and ideas through menu and prototype development and business operation experiences.
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Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “Thanks to the efforts made over the past year to create various maker activation programs and an environment for women’s entrepreneurship, we have achieved good results. We will continue to provide support to spread a culture that promotes maker creative activities and strive to discover many potential entrepreneurial talents.”
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