New Community Movement - Basic Steps

Basic Steps

The basic steps of the Saemaul Movement

Step 1: Basic Arrangements

1. Three arrangements for the start: People, Seed Money, Basic Principles
2. Forming a Core Group 1: Leaders
3. Forming a Core Group 2: Working Groups
4. Forming a Core Group 3: Applying the principles to existing organizations
5. Forming a Core Group 4: Sectional organizations
6. Raising Seed Money 1: Through sample cooperative projects
7. Raising Seed Money 2: By cooperative works

Step 2: Operation of the Project

1. Principles and standards for selecting projects
2. Planning a project
3. Persuading villagers 1 - Setting a model to villagers
4. Persuading villagers 2 - Encouraging 'you can do it’ spirit
5. Collecting consensus 1- Small group meetings
6. Collecting consensus 2- General meeting of villagers
7. Let everybody play a their part
8. Preparing and managing the public property
9. Establishing the local Saemaul Movement center
10. Encouraging 'we are the one' spirit
11. Cooperating with other communities and the government

Step 3: Main Stage of the Project

1. Project 1 for living environment improvement: Improving the houses
2. Project 2 for living environment improvement: Eliminating inconveniences in the village
3. Project 3 for living environment improvement: Creating an environment for increasing income
4. Project 1 for income increase: Removing the obstacles
5. Project 2 for income increase: Launching cooperative projects
6. Project 3 for income increase: Commercializing things around you
7. Project 4 for income increase: Introducing new ideas
8. Project 5 for income increase: Modifying distribution system
9. Project 6 for income increase: Operating a factory
10. Consolidating community 1: Enhancing morals and communalism
11. Consolidating community 2: Providing a cultural center and other facilities
12. Consolidating community 3: Establishing a credit union

Step 4: Final Stage of the Project

1. Sharing the results and celebrating the success
2. Sharing the long-term prospects
3. Stabilizing of joint funds
4. Encouraging the Activities of sectional organizations
5. Regularizing meetings for technology research
6. Establishing a village hall
7. Publishing a local newspaper
8. Establishing a partnership with other regions and government offices
9. Setting up a sisterhood relationship with foreign countries