History

Sharing Resources to Solve Urban Challenges

The Sharing City Seoul project mitigates various social challenges by promoting the shared use of both public and private resources, while at the same time boosting civic engagement and supporting local businesses

2017
April 19, 2017

2017 1st Sharering Enterprise/Organizations designated by SMG
Seoul designated nine new sharing businesses and organizations of 2017. from various space sharing object sharing, to skilll sharing, the sharing possibilities are endless.
May 18, 2017

Launching of the ‘Sharing Cities Alliance’
The Sharing Cities Alliance was launched with the five cities of Seoul, New York, Toronto, Amsterdam and Copenhagen as members.
Jul 07, 2017

2017 Citizen Idea Sharing Suggestion Hanmadang Event
The ‘2017 Citizen Idea Sharing’ was a time to increase the depth of understanding of sharing through the lively sharing experience case and idea presentations of 10 teams from various autonomous regions.
Jul 06, 2017 ~ Jul 25, 2017

2017 Sharing Economy Start School
In order to plant the seeds of sharing economy for young people who will be leading the future of sharing economy
Sep 21, 2017

2017 2nd Sharing Enterprise/Organizations designated by SMG
Seoul designated nine new sharing businesses and organizations of 2017. from various space sharing object sharing, to skill sharing, the sharing possibilities are endless.
Sep 25, 2017 ~ Oct 28, 2017

Together with the Share Companies, Organizations “2017 Rooftop Festival"
The “2017 Rooftop Festival” is part of Seoul City’s Sharing Program, which recreates closed and unused spaces into a rest area for its citizens.
Oct 30, 2017 ~ Nov 26, 2017

2017 Share-Seoul PR contents contest(‘17.10.30~11.26)
Hold a poster and UCC Contest to Promote the Sharing Economy and the Share-Seoul
Dec 20, 2017

2017 ShareHub Networking party
Companies and government employees working in a sharing economy gathered to interact.
2016
Aug 25, 2016

Seminar: “Investment – A turning point for sharing companies”
Social incubator Sopoong and Share Hub co-organized a seminar for sharing companies and would-be ...
Jul 04, 2016

2016 2nd Sharing Enterprises/Organizations designated by SMG
Jienem, Light Share, Ruach Co-working Space, Planetory, and Hidden Book were designated as this y...
May 02, 2016 ~ May 17, 2016

A survey on public awareness of Sharing City Seoul policy conducted
Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted a survey on how much citizens were aware of Seoul’s Shari...
May 25, 2016

Seoul Metropolitan Government publishes information on Github
On May 25th, 2016, Seoul’s Metropolitan Government will be the first domestic government institution to publicly release approximately 500 million approved government documents and policy reports on...
May 25, 2016

2016 1st Sharing Enterprises/Organizations designated by SMG
Seoul designated eight new sharing businesses and organizations of 2016. From various space sharing, object sharing, to skill sharing, the sharing possibilities are endless.
2015
Dec 31, 2015

2015 Sharing Enterprises/Organizations designated by SMG
jaenung.net was designated as a 2015 Sharing Enterprise by SMG.
Dec 31, 2015

“Seoul draws a city through sharing” published
It has been 3 years since the Sharing City initiative set sail by the collaborative efforts of government, businesses, organizations, expert groups, and citizens. This book was an effort to share Seoul’s activities and experience in creating a new model of Sharing City with more people, in a more systematic wa
Oct 14, 2015 ~ Oct 17, 2015

Session on sharing city under the title of “Sharing City: City rediscovers the values of sharing” at Creative Commons Global Summit 2015
A session on sharing city was organized in the CC Global Summit 2015. Hyo-kwan Chon, Director of ...
Nov25, 2015 ~ Dec 23, 2015

Sharing Economy Startup School for Youth
SMG and Open Entrepreneur Center (OEC) ran a Sharing Economy Startup School for teenagers, with t...
Sept 16, 2015 ~ Sep 17, 2015

Sharing Conference held in line with Smart Cloud Show
A sharing economy session in the Smart Cloud Show and a separate conference on improving sharing ...
Aug 24, 2015

Sharing City Task Force Team was created in SMG
A dedicated sharing city team was created with 1 team head and 2 staff members.
Sep 22, 2015

Design, Infographic, and Webtoon Contest for “Sharing Seoul” by SMG
4 awardees in the category of design works and infographics (4 participation prizes) and 6 awarde...
Jul 19, 2015

Infographics on sharing companies distributed
Share Hub created and distributed infographics showing sharing companies and organizations based ...
Sep 01, 2015 ~ Sep 30, 2015

Share Hub website renewed to an open platform and started to provide tailored guide content
Korean Share Hub website was renewed to an open platform where anyone could write a post and shar...
Jun 17, 2015

2015 2nd Sharing Enterprises and Organizations designated by SM
Lingofly, Cinegg, aud social cooperative, XVision Technology, ino-on and Headflow was designated ...
Jul 30, 2015

Forum on the Promotion of Sharing Economy
Mayor Won-soon Park and sharing entrepreneurs, media, and citizens participated in to discuss way...
May 11, 2015

2015 1st Sharing Enterprises and Organizations designated by SMG
Dreaming Acorn, Run Piano, Recycle City, Busking TV, Sangsang Woori, O Two Job and Honghap Valley...
Jun 20, 2015 ~ Jun 25, 2015

3rd Sharing Economy Startup School
Sharing Economy Startup School was run for would-be sharing entrepreneurs and sharing activists.
May 30, 2015

Sharing City Seoul Fair
Sharing City Seoul Fair was held in DDP where citizens had a chance to see and experience various...
Apr 20, 2015

Comprehensive Plan for the 2nd Phase of Sharing City Seoul
SMG announced the 2nd Comprehensive Plan for Sharing City Seoul that would set the direction for ...
2014
Nov 12, 2014

Share Hub Day
Share Hub held an event to celebrate Share Hub Day and its activities to connect sharing cities, ...
Dec 25, 2014

Share Hub Annual Report published
Share Hub released an annual report that summarizes its activities and achievements for the past ...
Nov 10, 2014

Sharing Promotion Project Fund provided to promote sharing culture in schools
SMG provided funds to sharing programs in elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul to promote...
Oct 29, 2014

Assessment of Gu districts’ sharing promotion incentive projects
SMG assessed gu districts’ sharing promotion incentive projects and selected 13 gu districts incl...
Sep 16, 2014

Share Hub International Conference – Share Everything, Connect Everything
Share Hub organized sessions such as “Creativity and Sharing”, “Sharing City”, and “Civic Hacking...
Sep 03, 2014 ~ Sep 04, 2014

Sharing Conference held in line with Smart Cloud Show
International speakers including Arun Sundararajan and Natalie Foster participated and a session ...
Aug 14, 2014

2014 Contest for Journals and UCC on Sharing Seoul
12 awardees for the journal category and 6 awardees for the UCC category
Aug 30, 2014 ~ Aug 31, 2014

2014 Sharing Seoul Fair
The event was participated by 25 sharing organizations and companies, SMG, and gu districts and o...
Jul 22, 2014

Advisory Committee on the Improvement of Sharing Institutions launched
Jongsoo Yoon and 14 experts participated in the committee.
Jul 07, 2014 ~ Jul 11, 2014

2014 Sharing Seoul Fair
The event was participated by 25 sharing organizations and companies, SMG, and gu districts and o...
Jul 28, 2014

Sharing Organizations and Enterprises designated and Sharing Promotion Fund provided
Everyday Platform, Space Cloud, Hancar, CocoFarms, StoreSharing, Gongdok, Freesharing, and Kmong ...
Jul 21, 2014

Seminar: Shine Like Sharing Spaces
Share Hub and Space Cloud co-organized a seminar on sharing spaces to share various examples of s...
May 26, 2014 ~ Jun 01, 2014

Participated in 2014 Global Sharing Day
Share Hub collaborated with Zipbob to participate in the Global Sharing Day campaign with a theme...
Jun 27, 2014

“Sharing Imagination Workshop” held by SMG
Public officials, sharing organizations and companies as well as members of the Sharing Promotion...
Apr 03, 2014

Amendment of the Enforcement Regulation of the Ordinance of the Promotion of Sharing
Apr 26, 2014 ~ May 22, 2014

2nd Sharing Economy Startup School
SMG and OEC provided startup education and training for would-be sharing entrepreneurs and sharin...
Apr 01, 2014

International Sharing Economy Advisory Group formed by SMG
5 international experts including April Lin participated and discussed roles of advisory group me...
Apr 01, 2014

Sharing Organizations and Enterprises designated and Sharing Promotion Fund provided
Local Design Movement, QuestRunner, Seoul Social Standard, Eunpyeong e-Poomasi, and Quriously wer...
2013
Nov 06, 2013

Sharing Organizations and Enterprises designated and Sharing Promotion Fund provided
SellPARK and Jarakdang were designated as Sharing Organizations/Enterprises.
Dec 23, 2013

“The Lifestyle of Tomorrow, Sharing” published
Share Hub published a guide to explore the shift from ownership to sharing and to introduce vario...

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