Fourteen committees, made on request.
BCCK provides its member companies advocacy services through its Policy programme. The programme runs a number of Committees where the BCCK member companies convene on a regular basis to discuss key market access issues and agree on advocacy strategy. Upon request from member companies, BCCK creates Committees in issue areas where there is a compelling need for advocacy.
In the order their own page lists them
Fourteen committees, in the order their own page lists them. No committee chair, meeting date or membership is named here, because their public pages name none. Enquiries go to the policy mailbox they publish.
Enquiries about committees go to policy@bcck.or.kr, the address the chamber publishes for them.
What the advocacy rests on
Seven principles, from their advocacy page. Their membership page prints the same list with six, leaving out Corporate Social Responsibility. The longer list is carried and the difference is left visible.
- Free Market Principles
- Level Playing Field
- Transparent and Fair Process
- Global Best Practices
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Solutions-Based Recommendations
- UK-Korea Economic Integration
What the programme is for
Four objectives, in their words and their order.
- Represent member companies’ business interests externally to improve the international business environment in Korea;
- Facilitate the exchange of views on key public policy issues between member companies and the Korean and UK governments;
- Advocate for the implementation of policies that will create meaningful business opportunities for members;
- Enhance the members’ market intelligence and understanding of the Korean regulations affecting their business.
Three pillars, each with its own gloss
Their three named pillars, with the sentence they print under each.
- UK-Korea Economic Partnership
- Ensuring a close trading relationship between the UK and Korea post-Brexit.
- Digital Economy
- Focusing on implications of digital transformation on services and retail sectors of the Korean economy.
- Workforce Productivity
- Improving workforce productivity and innovation and enhancing labour flexibility.
A regulatory research service
The chamber prints no figure for this service. Members are told to write to the policy mailbox.
The BCCK also provides a regulatory research service to its member companies across various industries. The following insights are provided:
- Regular monitoring and horizon-scanning of relevant Korean regulations
- Periodic newsletter/report based on the regular monitoring and horizon-scanning
- In-depth research and analysis on ad-hoc regulatory issues
A year-long programme, now in its fourth cohort
Run with the British Embassy Seoul and UN Women. Listed first among their own committees.
EMPOWER is a year-long personal development programme for women, organised by the British Embassy Seoul and British Chamber of Commerce in Korea (BCCK) in partnership with UN Women. The Programme has been established for women in the Korean business environment to develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to achieve their career aspirations. Our aim is to expose women to new ideas, environments and networks.
- Half day workshops hosted by BCCK Partner Companies and other outstanding businesses in various industries
- Opportunities to interact with inspiring female role models
- Invitations to forums and gender equality related conferences
- Networking opportunities
- UN Women’s Empowerment Principles Workshop
Candidates are selected from an online application process by the British Embassy, the BCCK committee and UN Women Korea. The committee assigns candidates an application number so that there is no preferential treatment given, and selects only one candidate from a business, ensuring a safe space to share and grow as an individual.
The organisations above host the programme’s half day workshops. They are its business partners, which is not the same as a chamber sponsor, and are shown apart from the wall for that reason. The Empower programme page
Committees are created where members ask for one.
Upon request from member companies, BCCK creates Committees in issue areas where there is a compelling need for advocacy.