Global Social Enterprise Accelerating Project (GSAP)

To suggest sustainable solutions to social problems in developing countries by training social enterprise experts

To create robust social economy ecosystem and decent jobs in developing countries by stabilizing social enterprises in their early stages

Social enterprises and CSOs (NGOs, NPOs, etc.) which cater to the needs of undeserved in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Nepal

• MG Appropriate Technology Co. (MGAT)

  Agricultural Product Processing / Cambodia

  Provided training on sales management skills and marketing, and developed agricultural experts in Kandal area

  Created a virtuous circle to improve agricultural production and distribution structure for making a sustainable community environment

• L Beauty Salon

  Vocational Training / Cambodia

  Provided systematic vocational training, created jobs and arranged employment referrals for underprivileged youths to set a foothold of independence

  Profits made from L Beauty Salon is reinvested in Lotus Hope Hair & Beauty Center, for vocational training and providing employment opportunities

• Center for Development and Integration (CDI)

  Fair Trade Coffee / Vietnam

  Organized coffee farmer’s cooperative for the low-income farmers, and cultivated fair trade coffee in the Cau Dat Village

  Generated stable income through improving coffee distribution structure and developed organic coffee brand

• PT Bintang

  Organic Farm & Fair Travel / Indonesia

  Sustainable organic farms were operated, and provided environmental problem awareness outbound program and education

  Through operating restaurants and tour programs, economic capacity building of local residents were sought

• Social Enterprise Activation (SEA) Center

  Startup Space / Nepal

  Provided vocational training for the vulnerable, and developed social enterprise experts, and incubated social enterprises

  Incubated social enterprises such as fair tourism, fair trade, and organic catering services based on the local community

• JuNeLi

  Handicraft Products / Nepal

  Provided capacity building program for women, and established local cooperation network

  Promoted economical independence of women in the vulnerable social group through employment and start-up support

• Impact investment

  up to KRW 80 million per organization

• Customized consulting

  to match the characteristic of each social enterprise

• Localization strategy

  to construct the ecosystem of the area

• Opportunities to enlarge
  impact investment

  to coordinate to additional private sector

• 87%

  Growth of monthly
  average revenue

• 55%

  Rate of employment
  growth

• 175

  Jobs created
   

• 502

  People trained