The Campus Town Project Board seeks to create an ecosystem for youth entrepreneurship, art, and culture through regional cooperation.
It oversees business incubation, cultural specialization programs, and local partnership programs with the aim of creating jobs and revitalizing
local communities. It is a new urban regeneration initiative that transforms college towns into centers for youth job creation and revitalization
of the local economy in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Project aimed at establishing a cultural art platform
for the youths of Sungkyunkwan University
Vision
Establish ecosystem for youth
entrepreneurship, arts and culture
through regional cooperation
between Sungkyunkwan
University and Jongno-gu
Objective
Job creation and revitalization
of local community through
infrastructure building
2 infrastructures
Hyehwa Youth Entrepreneurship
Support Center, Dongsipjagak
Entrepreneurship / Culture
and Arts Center
5 Programs
SACC / Culture Tourism EPT
/ Tourism TUTOR / Start-up
workshops / Culture and
Arts Experience
Infrastructure
Hyehwa Youth
Entrepreneurship
Support Center
(Hyehwa Rotary)
Entrepreneurship,
Culture and Arts Center
(Dongsipjagak
Pedestrian
Underpass)
Program
SACC
EPT
Tourism TUTOR
Start-up Workshops
Culture and Arts
Experience
Areas of emphasis
fostering
start-ups
cultural
characterization
Program Overview
Sungkyun Art Culture Contents (SACC)
Provides young (preliminary) entrepreneurs with the information and knowledge they need to start their own businesses with the aim of
encouraging art and cultural start-ups, assisting each team with mentorships, funding, and incubation space for successful businesses
Two tracks offered: (1) Exploration course for promising entrepreneurs (with business under three years old ) and (2) Commercialization
course for preliminary entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Project Team (EPT)
Operates training with the intent of raising social entrepreneurs with understanding of emerging social economies and public values who wish to
start businesses and generate revenue
Composed of a Regional Innovation Track (with a university-regional linkage class) to raise interest in the social economy, a Social Innovation
Track to search for socioeconomic entrepreneurial items, and a Commercialization Track to support establishment and activation of social enterprises
SKKU Tourism TUTOR
Explores and develops cultural/tourism items that can be shared and exchanged among local residents and members of
the campus community
Trains experts who can promote and expand such items
Culture and Arts Start-up Workshops
Offers platform for the development, sale, and display of professionally and independent labelled products by (preliminary) young artists
Provides opportunities to sell and display finished products, while communicating with local residents and tourists in the process
Culture and Arts Experience
Coordinates programs that enable exchange of resources in arts and humanities with the local community
Operates wonderland, a space for experience and entertainment that offers performing arts, career exploration in the arts/humanities and
expression enhancement programs, as well as workshops for performances, art, photography, and storytelling.
