Presentation on Social Entrepreneurship Certification Opens for Social Enterprises in West Seoul This is the process for social entrepreneurship certification… The Work Together Foundation held a presentation on social entrepreneurship certification for social enterprises in West Seoul at the Foundation building on April 9 (Fri.) and April 13 (Tue.), 2010. Each session lasted for two hours. The first presentation covered various examples of management in and out of the country and social values of social enterprises to raise the recognition of their roles. The sessions on the first day includedcovering the current domestic status and support services for social enterprises,, Q&A, and one-to-one consulting meetings. The main session on the 13thwaswhich associated the understanding of conditions and issues with the actual writing of certification applications, followed by a Q&A session and one-to-one consulting meetings. This was the first open presentation since the 2010 plan..

Lecture of Gomajaki Hiroki Feb. 28. 2010 Mapo College provides opportunities for the young to explore and rediscover the job market; it offers the Knowledge Library for managing courses and linking to various resources, classes for networking, and a laboratory for possibilities. Mapo College invited Gomajaki Hiroki, who is the CEO of Florence in Japan, to give a lecture about the 'Revolution of Working Style" on Feb. 28. The following has been extracted from Gomazaki Hiroki’s speech. Let me introduce myself. My mother's job was taking care of children. One of the children whom my mother took care of had a fever. In Japan, if a child has a fever, parents cannot send him or her to kindergarten. And if they have more than one child who get sick at different times, the parents have difficulty going to work. I wonder why people have to deal with this even though Japan has great economic power. I started a business called 'Florence' in 2004 which takes care of temporarily sick chi..

Give Wings to Goodwill Ideas! Social Venture Competition 2009 (Final Round) TheSocial Venture Competition,which has been ongoing since last May, wrapped up its entire schedule with the final round on Thursday, November 5th.The competition supports business start-ups or ideas in pursuit of both social and economic values. A total of 600 teams applied to the competition from all over Korea. Of them, 42 teams were chosen in regional competitions, moving a step closer to the final competition. ▲Many people came to the venue to participate in theSocial VentureNational Competition ▲Posters were made by the final-round teams. In the final round, each team made a breathtaking presentation, delighting the audience. They nodded their heads in approval of the innovative ideas on display and applauded even when the presenters made some mistakes. ▲A presenter presenting in front of the judges ▲The judges’ panel was made up of experts from various fields such as ..

NPO KYODORENVisits the Work Together Foundation NPO KYODORENperforms grassroots international exchange projects for social participation and the acquisition of labor rights for the disabled. Twenty-eight people from both this organization and a Japanese specialists’ group for social entrepreneurship for the disabled visited Korea from Nov. 7 to 9 to participate in the ‘Korea-Japan International Seminar on Social Economy (Social Enterprises)’ hosted bythe Research Institute of the Differently Abled Person’s Right in Korea (RIDRIK). After the visiting group joined the seminar on labor rights and social integration for the disabled in Asia, they visited and were introduced to the Work Together Foundation (WTF) as a social enterprise supporting entity on Nov. 9. They had an especially large interest in CSR activities by private companies to support social enterprises. They asked a series of intensive questions on the background of cooperation between private companies and soci..

The Institute for Strategic LeadershipVisited Korean Social Enterprises for Three Days Seven people from the Social Innovation Center of the Institute for Strategic Leadership in Japan visited the Work Together Foundation on June 16. The Center for Social Innovation of the Institute for Strategic Leadership in Japan was established for the purpose of generating leaders who innovate society with a mind for passion, creativity and the public. The center provides various educational programs for leadership and social innovation. The visitors met each of the organizations that are each located within the Work Together Foundation building.These organizations include the National Council of Social Enterprises in Korea, the Dasomi Foundation, the Jobarte, the Hope Network for the Next Generation, and the Mapo FM. Each organization was introduced after sharing the overview and the presentation of Korean Social Enterprises. It was meaningful to have time to discuss the role of each..

Will the Society in the Future be a Threat or an Opportunity for Social Enterprises? “It is critically important to know how and when to change. Because there are no permanent things in the world.” ” On the 13th of March, PARK, Young-Sook (Chair, UN Future Forum) gave a speech with three themes atthe auditorium of the Gangwon-do Residents Center. As an information officer at the UK Embassy and then a senior aide at the AU Embassy, she became one of the most well-known futurists in Korea. Fifteen years ago, she had already anticipated a low-birth rate in Korea and then established the Korean Foster Care Association (KFCA) to respond to that problem. She has also recently founded theMulti Culture & Single Mom Association. Proceeding with the theme ofat this forum,, she emphasized that the changing future trends will be an important factor for the growth of social entrepreneurs. She selected the following eight key- words starting with A to H as mega-trends for our future ..

ClosingMeeting of Social Entrepreneurs Academy 2008 The meeting for the final evaluation of Social Entrepreneurs Academy was held for six hours on the 3rdof February at the Work Together Foundation. Social Entrepreneurs’ Academy 2008, which lasted for six months, was hosted by the Ministry of Labor, organized by the Work Together Foundation, and sponsored by SK. Social Entrepreneurs’ Academy is a series of professional education programs to promote pre-social entrepreneurs who are preparing to found social enterprises or are already participating in social enterprises as social entrepreneurs. Its goal is to make them understand the core values of social entrepreneurship and work as professional management officers. It had been operated by 19 national education institutions since September 2008. All the business associates from 19 education institutions, the Ministry of Labor, the Work Together Foundation, and Ph.D KIM, Mee-Souk of the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Ed..

The Launching Ceremony for the Global Study Tour Program "Let’s give wings to social entrepreneurs” project (2008-2009) The launching ceremony for the global study tour program "Let’s give wings to social entrepreneurs” project (2008-2009) was held in the seminar room of the Work Together Foundation at 16:30 on the 13thof April with six groups consisting of 20 people. KIM, Young Suk (the senior director of the management support team) was in charge of this ceremony and presided over the following events: a progress report of the international studytour, awarding certification,and then a commemorative photography session. KIM,Do Young (the director of the CSR team at SK Telecom) made a short speech supporting this project. He explained that interest in social enterprises has expanded to various business fields and emphasized the importance of the role of the participants in developing social entrepreneurs from the bottom up. He also encouraged the study tour team to lea..