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Busan Metropolitan City to Host the 23rd Busan Self-Sufficiency Festival

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it will host the 23rd Busan Self-Sufficiency Festival together with the Busan Association of Regional Self-Sufficiency Centers at 2:00 p.m. today, October 8, in the auditorium at Busan City Hall.

The Busan Self-Sufficiency Festival is the city’s signature celebration for the self-sufficiency community and serves as a forum for communication and solidarity. It has helped motivate participants to work toward self-sufficiency while strengthening their mutual bonds.

This year is especially meaningful as it marks the 30th anniversary of the self-sufficiency program. The event will recognize the dedication of employees and participants at regional self-sufficiency centers who have supported the program over the past three decades and provide an opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to a new leap forward.

Approximately 700 people, including self-sufficiency program participants and employees of regional self-sufficiency centers, will attend the event, which will consist of a first session followed by cultural performances in the second session.

The first session will begin with an opening declaration, followed by the presentation of awards to individuals who have contributed to the advancement of self-sufficiency programs, including commendations from the Mayor of Busan, the President of the Korea Association of Regional Self-Sufficiency Centers, and the President of the Busan Association of Regional Self-Sufficiency Centers.

The second session will feature a talk concert hosted by comedian Kim Won-hyo, along with a prize drawing and other activities.

In conjunction with the festival, the Traveling ALL-LIVE Pop-up Store will be held in the lobby outside the City Hall auditorium from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the same day.

The Traveling ALL-LIVE Pop-up Store was created to expand sales channels for products made by Busan’s self-sufficiency project groups and self-sufficiency enterprises and to raise awareness of Busan’s self-sufficiency brand, ALL-LIVE. This will be the second edition of the event, following the first held in the first half of this year.

A total of 17 ALL-LIVE Markets will participate in the pop-up store, selling a variety of self-sufficiency products, including walnut pastries, handmade fruit preserves, flowers, and potted plants, at discounts of up to 20 percent.

A range of on-site activities will also be available for residents to enjoy, including a KRW 5,000 gift certificate for purchases of KRW 20,000 or more and a photo zone.

The self-sufficiency program helps low-income individuals who are able to work become economically independent by supporting the development of self-reliance skills, vocational skills acquisition, and employment opportunities. Busan currently has one metropolitan self-sufficiency center and 18 regional self-sufficiency centers.

Hwang Sun-gil, Director-General of the Social Welfare Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, said, “I hope this Self-Sufficiency Festival, held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the self-sufficiency program, will serve as a foundation for a new leap forward for self-sufficiency participants and regional self-sufficiency centers.”

He added, “Busan Metropolitan City will continue to do its utmost to strengthen the foundation for independence by providing systematic and sustained self-sufficiency support services to low-income residents who are able to work and by identifying and expanding a diverse range of self-sufficiency programs.”