Gwangju Buk-gu Awarded Top Prize for Social Enterprise Development and Designated as a Friendly City

On the 2nd, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it was selected as a 'Social Enterprise Friendly City' and received the 'Grand Prize' as the only local government in Gwangju and Jeonnam in the '2023 Excellent Local Government Evaluation for Social Enterprise Promotion' hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

This evaluation was conducted nationwide targeting local governments to reflect policies for fostering local social enterprises and exemplary cases.

This year, 13 local governments nationwide were selected as excellent institutions and received government awards, among which 2 local governments were designated as social enterprise friendly cities.

Buk-gu was honored as the only district in Gwangju and Jeonnam to receive the grand prize and be designated as a social enterprise friendly city in recognition of its efforts and achievements in fostering social enterprises.

Buk-gu was evaluated to have strengthened the self-sustainability of social enterprises through various sales channel support projects such as brand and design development, excellent technology certification, promotion and marketing, and live commerce.

In addition, Buk-gu received high marks for building a public-private-academic educational collaboration infrastructure with the Buk-gu Social Economy Federation, Social Economy Hub Center, Buk-gu Youth Center, and Chonnam National University, and for its efforts in nurturing social enterprise talent and discovering new social enterprises.

A Buk-gu official said, "This achievement is a meaningful result obtained through the joint efforts of the local community to discover and foster social enterprises," adding, "We will continue to discover and promote various policy projects to firmly root social enterprises in our region."

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