Kijeongwon, 'SME Technology Innovation Center' Business Agreement... "25 Organizations Participating"

Source=Small and Medium Business Technology Information Promotion Agency

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daeseop] The Small and Medium Business Technology Information Promotion Agency announced on the 19th that it will sign a business agreement with 25 partner organizations, including universities, public institutions, and public research institutes, to establish the Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Center.

The business agreement ceremony will be held on the 20th at the Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Center located within the Creative Economy Innovation Center in Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi Province. The agency and its partner organizations will build a comprehensive cooperative relationship for two years to support the resolution of technological difficulties and strengthen the technological competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The main areas of cooperation include ▲supporting the resolution of technological difficulties faced by SMEs ▲supporting commercialization through technology transfer between partner organizations and SMEs ▲providing technical education and technology trend information to SME employees ▲discovering and planning research and development (R&D) projects for SMEs.

The Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Center aims to create an infrastructure for exchange and cooperation between SMEs, universities, and research institutes to promote technology innovation based on R&D and human resource exchange. Since 2017, the agency has been operating the Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Center in collaboration with universities and public research institutes possessing excellent research personnel by utilizing the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' 'Domestic Technology Exchange Project.'

Lee Jae-hong, President of the agency, said, "We hope that technology transfer, consultation on technological difficulties, specialized technical education, strengthening R&D capabilities, and discovering cooperative R&D projects with partner organizations possessing excellent technological capabilities will help enhance the technological competitiveness of our SMEs." He added, "Going forward, the agency will strive to establish itself as an institution that contributes to enhancing the technological competitiveness of SMEs and securing new growth engines in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

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