ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to investigate the development process and common characteristics of social service provision social enterprises in detail. The general guidelines of the International Comparative Social Enterprise Models project, four cases, typical in terms of their development process, were selected. These case studies are: Ansan Medical Welfare Social Cooperative; Human Care Co; Dounuri Social Cooperative; and the Dasom-I Foundation. The expansion of social services through social jobs became another major government strategy of the Roh government. The self-sufficiency programmes are regarded as an institutionalised form of social jobs. The chapter summarises key features of social service provision social enterprises in Korea. It suggests that financial support should be linked with social performance to strengthen the long-term sustainability of social service provision social enterprises in Korea. The Social Enterprise Promotion Act and the Framework Act on Cooperatives stipulate that preferential consideration should be given to certified social enterprises and social cooperatives in public tendering.
