Recruitment of Candidates for the 'Small and Medium Business Innovation Merit Awards'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daeseop] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups is recruiting candidates for the Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Merit Awards.

According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on the 12th, this recruitment of candidates for the Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Merit Awards is designed to encourage innovation motivation and spread achievements through awarding meritorious persons in various fields such as technological innovation, management innovation, quality innovation, technology protection, industry-academia-research cooperation, and technical talent in small and medium enterprises.

The awards consist of 3 orders, 4 medals, 19 presidential citations, 29 prime minister citations, and 149 minister of SMEs and Startups citations, totaling 204 awards. The scale of the awards may be adjusted through consultations with related ministries such as the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in the future.

Written and on-site evaluations will be conducted next month, followed by a comprehensive evaluation and candidate verification in June, with the selection results to be announced in July. An award ceremony for the winners is planned to be held at the Small and Medium Enterprise Technology Innovation Expo in September. A separate event may also be held for the management innovation field.

On-site evaluations may be subject to change due to COVID-19 and related circumstances. For candidate verification, the list of recommended candidates and their merits will be disclosed on the websites of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for public verification, and the final decision will be made after merit review based on this. The comprehensive evaluation will be conducted by a committee composed of experts in each field to decide the winners.

The application period for candidates for the Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Merit Awards is until 5 p.m. on the 29th of this month. Applications are accepted online and offline through various organizations such as the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, the Korea Innovation Small Business Association (Inno-Biz Association), and the Korea Management Innovation Small Business Association.

For more details, please refer to the 2020 Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Merit Award Candidate Recruitment Announcement.

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