Yongsan-gu and Sookmyung Women's University Agree to Support Female Entrepreneurship

Yongsan-gu Signs Business Agreement to Support Women Entrepreneurs
On the 5th, Sookdae Campus Town Project Group and Yongsan Women's Human Resources Development Center Hold Business Agreement Ceremony
Agreement Signed to Support Entrepreneurship for Career-Interrupted Yongsan Women through Mutual Win-Win Cooperation

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) signed a business agreement on the 5th with Sookmyung Women's University Campus Town Project Group and Yongsan Women's Human Resources Development Center to join forces in supporting women entrepreneurs.

The aim is to support entrepreneurial activities of women whose careers have been interrupted due to childbirth and childcare, as well as prospective entrepreneurs who face difficulties due to lack of startup experience.

According to the agreement, the parties will continuously cooperate based on mutual win-win collaboration to support entrepreneurial activities of women in Yongsan, thereby promoting women's participation in economic activities and job creation.

Going forward, the three organizations plan to collaborate in various areas including ▲recruitment and promotion of program participants ▲education for women entrepreneurship support programs ▲startup idea consulting and operation of 'Demo Day' ▲sharing and collaboration of women entrepreneurship information ▲exchange and cooperation related to entrepreneurship support.

In particular, starting next year, under the 'Yongsan Women Start-Up Project,' they plan to conduct ▲Startup Academy (basic and advanced courses) ▲special lectures of 'Talk Concert' inviting women CEOs ▲'1:1 mentoring' startup consulting ▲startup competition 'Demo Day,' etc. The policy is to operate programs that can provide practical help so that entrepreneurial ideas of career-interrupted women can be realized as startups.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “For career-interrupted women who face high entry barriers to employment, entrepreneurship will be a practical alternative,” and added, “We will actively cooperate to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities of women in our district and help them successfully enter society.”

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