Presented at: GSEF2016 Montreal

Organisation: Seoul Metropolitan Government (Government and public agencies)

Date: September 7, 2016

Presenter: Mr.Seon-Seop Kang (Director of the Social Economy Division)

Contacts: ksy0112@seoul.go.kr

Summary:

Seoul’s SE policy direction has been shifted from the direct support to indirect support by establishing participatory governance structures and creating SE ecosystems/infrastructures wherein public-private-community can engage with not only SE public policy formulations (through various committees and councils) but also its implementations (through intermediary organisations).

Social economy division in Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) through multilateral cooperation (ppp), has navigated the strategies of fostering Seoul’s social economy and its efforts, generated tangible outcomes last few years.

Through the strong policy initiatives, assistance from SMG and close cooperation with 25 autonomous districts in Seoul, local communities are able to identify their urgent social issues and participate in deciding the direction of Seoul’s social economy policy making process and its implementations.