Eunpyeong-gu, Social Economy Enterprises' Public Procurement Increases by 570 Million Won

Actively Promoting Public Procurement Activation through Corporate Promotion and Market Development Consulting

Expecting Vitality in the Social Economy through Education on the Necessity and Activation Measures of Public Procurement

Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) announced that the public procurement amount of social economy enterprises' products in 2022 reached 7.34 billion KRW, an increase of 570 million KRW compared to the previous year.

Social economy enterprises are companies or organizations engaged in economic activities that realize social values such as providing social services and solving community problems, while pursuing the interests of community members.

Eunpyeong-gu supports social economy enterprises annually at the public level to help them build competitiveness and self-sustainability.

Last year, the district was able to increase the public procurement amount by promoting various projects to activate public procurement. Representative efforts include ▲quarterly management of department purchase performance ▲one public procurement education session each in the first and second half of the year ▲company-specific consulting related to new market development such as live commerce and funding, all aimed at activating public procurement.

2022 Second Half Social Economy Public Procurement Training

Based on the achievements in 2022, the district plans to accelerate the activation of public procurement this year as well. It will promote public procurement education, market development consulting, social economy fairs, and promotion of social economy enterprises.

On the 20th, public procurement activation education will be conducted for public officials in charge of purchasing goods in each department of the district office. The purpose is to raise awareness and build consensus among employees about the social economy, thereby expanding the public procurement market entry fields for social economy enterprises.

The session will be conducted by inviting Lee Cheol-jong, CEO of the social enterprise "Hamkke Ilhaneun Sesang" (Working Together World), as the instructor.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “We will actively support social economy enterprises to grow well and develop new markets. In a situation where it is difficult for social economy enterprises to secure stable markets due to high interest rates and high prices, we will strive to revitalize the local economy through various market development projects including promoting public procurement.”

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