| dc.description.abstract | Our country is currently facing the phenomena of low birth rate and aging population, which have caused changes in the population structure and labor force. Local governments are particularly affected, and promoting public childcare has become a major strategy. This study aims to understand how occupational unions, different from other non-profit organizations such as schools and associations, occupy a space in public childcare services in New Taipei City from the perspectives of the government (the commissioning party), occupational unions (the agency), and parents (the user). Through SWOT analysis, feasible plans are proposed for how occupational unions can adjust their business models for public childcare services in the future.
This study adopts a qualitative and case-oriented research approach. Although there are already over 120 public childcare centers in New Taipei City, most of the contracting units are associations and academic institutions. Only one occupational union, the New Taipei City Childcare Professional Union, has taken on related public childcare services. Therefore, this study adopts a qualitative and case-oriented research approach. Through three-party interviews, data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed to understand each party′s advantages and difficulties regarding occupational unions′ involvement in public childcare services. The following conclusions are drawn. First, the commissioning party believes that publicizing childcare is one of the means for responding to public expectations and building trust between public and private partners is crucial. The safety of children is the most important and cannot be replaced with any contractual oversight mechanisms. Second, the agency believes that an organization with a ＂mission＂ and inherent advantages such as professional childcare, talent cultivation, and organizational management is suitable for investing in public childcare. The difficulties are that they may not be familiar with the government′s procurement process and bid content, which may cause financial losses and challenges in the overall environment (low birth rate and employment environment). Third, the user believes that public childcare services are crucial for today′s dual-income and small family structures and has a market demand. Under the policy of low-cost and friendly public childcare services, public childcare centers are more cost-effective than other childcare centers. Finally, by analyzing the data collected from interviews, SWOT analysis is conducted for occupational unions, and relevant suggestions are provided as a reference for other occupational unions in entering public childcare services in New Taipei City in the future. | en_US |