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5 Key Policies for Sharing City Seoul

When Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to become a sharing city, Seoul Metropolitan Government has been focused on creating systems to support it so that people and enterprises make use of it. Building an infrastructure and providing a platform were what the city could and should do. So Seoul’s sharing city policy aims to encourage the private sector to take lead in exploring different areas of sharing while the city itself focuses more on building an infrastructure for the Sharing City Seoul project and promoting and supporting sharing activities that are undertaken by the private sector.

Here are 5 Key Policies for sharing City Seoul.

  • The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing
    The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing

    Seoul Metropolitan Government declared to become a Sharing City Seoul in Sep 2012 and enacted an ordinance as a legal basis for the initiative. “Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing” (hereinafter referred to as “the Sharing Promotion Ordinance”) was passed by Seoul Metropolitan Council on Nov 26, 2012 and announced on Dec 31, 2012.

  • Support for sharing enterprises Support for sharing enterprises
    Support for sharing enterprises

    Seoul Metropolitan Government has designated sharing enterprises and organizations and provided support to them since 2013 when Seoul Metropolitan Government initiated the Sharing City Project. Seoul Metropolitan Government designated 64 organizations/enterprises that were committed to solving urban problems in such areas as economy, welfare, culture, environment, and transportation through sharing for the past 3 years from 2013 to 2015.

  • Improvement of laws and institutions Improvement of laws and institutions
    Improvement of laws and institutions

    Seoul Metropolitan Government has made efforts to prepare laws and institutions that would reflect the new circumstances. Not only sharing economy services in the private sector but also Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Sharing City project itself are sometimes not in accordance with existing laws. While pushing ahead with the Sharing City initiative, Seoul Metropolitan Government searched for regulations that would drag sharing companies down. It examined areas including transportation, tourism, taxation, parking lots, food industry, insurance, and infrastructure.

  • The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing
    The Ordinance on the Promotion of Sharing

    Seoul Metropolitan Government used the Autonomous Gu Incentive System to promote the Sharing City project to local gu districts. The system is intended to encourage more participation from 25 gu district offices in Seoul’s major projects. Gu districts are evaluated based on their performance in promoting projects designated by Seoul, and they may get an incentive in the form of extra budget based on their scores. The gu incentive system serves as a way to draw voluntary participation from gu districts in the Sharing City Project.

  • Opening of public facilities and administrative information Opening of public facilities and administrative information
    Opening of public facilities and administrative information

    Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to share public space in the city and gu districts with its citizens. While facilities that are meant to be open to the public, such as Nanji Camping Site and sports facilities, have been open to citizens from the beginning, meeting rooms and lecture rooms at community centres have also become available for rental to citizens as part of Sharing City Project. In addition, documents such as expense report and other reports and public data produced by city and district offices are also made public online.