Launching Ceremony for the Global Study Tour Program - April 13, 2009

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 13^th of 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 study tour, 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 learn a lot of things from this global study tour.

 

 

LEE, Eun Ae (managing director of the Work Together Foundation) advised them to share the information and learning obtained from this international study tour with a lot people. Considering the low understanding of social enterprise in Korea, she also hoped that they will provide people in other countries with more information about the social entrepreneurs in Korea.

 

KWEN, GU Hyoung (the head of the Seoul-Nambu Job Center) expressed his impression that this study tour is highly expected since the participants come both non-profit organizations and the government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Later, KIM, Do Young and LEE, Eun Ae encouraged the five International study tour teams and granted a certificate of support and flags for international study to them. The participants attached small model airplanes to each country on the world map on an acrylic panel. After the study tour team finished the ceremony, they had dinner and then participated in an open forum with the theme of “a changing future, new industries and social entrepreneurs.”

 

 

 

This Global Study Tour Program - "Let’s give wings to social entrepreneurs” project (2008-2009) will proceed with a variety of themes and the participation of six teams. The subjects and the name of the participating teams will be as follows:

1) Together Fair Trade (representative organization: Fair Trade Korea)

2) Pave the Way for the Establishment of a Fair Travel Agency in Japan where Eco-Tourism is Booming (representative organization: Asian bridge)

3) Assistive Device Companies can be Social Enterprises (representative organization:Kyunggi-Do Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center)

4) A Study Tour to a Successful Cultural Social Enterprise: La Frich la Belle de Mei SFT (representative organization: Center for Art & Urban Society)

5) Japanese Community Businesses (2008 Social Entrepreneur Academy Team)

6) "A Technical Study Tour" with the British Council for School Environment, which will be held inKorea with a speaker invited from the UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translated by PARK, Sang Oh
Edited by Patrick Ferraro & Marie LEE