Reflecting the Voices of Small Business Owners… 'Honorary Director System' Introduced
Recently, an 'Honorary Director System' has been newly introduced to better reflect the opinions of small business owners and local commercial districts in policy. This system was established to appoint external experts with rich field experience as honorary directors to listen to vivid voices from the private sector.
The government and relevant agencies pushed for this system to identify the difficulties faced by small business owners more closely and to create policies that can provide practical help. As the honorary directors are well-versed in the current status of local commercial districts, they are expected to play an important role in the policy-making process.
Through this system, small business owners have gained a channel to directly convey their requirements to policy. Experts evaluate that this public-private cooperation will be a great help in revitalizing the local economy and increasing the efficiency of support policies for small business owners.
Much attention is focused on what kind of activities the honorary directors will undertake to bring positive changes to local commercial districts in the future. We hope that this system will become a source of practical strength for small business owners and that the local economy will develop more healthily.