Daegu City Holds First Public Institution Heads Council This Year... Plans Joint Recruitment Briefing in July

On the 22nd, the Cheombok Foundation Signs Win-Win Agreement for 'Local Goods Purchase'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] On the afternoon of the 22nd, Daegu City held the first Daegu Innovation City Public Institution Heads Council meeting of the year at the international conference room of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Industry Promotion Foundation (Cheombok Foundation) in Dong-gu.

About 50 people, including Mayor Kwon Young-jin, heads of public institutions relocated to the innovation city, heads of related organizations, and institution officials attended the meeting, which was organized to share best practices related to the response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and to seek measures to prepare for the post-COVID era.

In his greeting, Mayor Kwon said, "Now is the time when efforts to recover the depressed economic sentiment and revitalize the economy while practicing social distancing in daily life are urgently needed," and urged, "Public institutions and related organizations should work together through collaboration on new sector projects such as digital SOC and non-face-to-face industries to open a hopeful future city, Daegu."

On this day, Daegu City attracted attention by presenting cases of win-win cooperation with public institutions. Korea Gas Corporation increased its support fund for small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners from the existing 140 billion KRW by an additional 60 billion KRW to 200 billion KRW in relation to the COVID-19 situation, and covered the cost of interest-free emergency operating loans with 350 million KRW from the salary returns of executives and senior officials.

Also, in the case of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, a separate special guarantee scale of 300 billion KRW was allocated for the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, and it provides discounts on trade credit insurance premiums (10% supported by the Credit Guarantee Fund, 40% supported by Daegu City) to 125 companies in the Daegu area.

In particular, during the discussion chaired by Mayor Kwon, the relocated public institutions in the innovation city (excluding government-affiliated institutions) agreed on the policy to maximize the local talent employment rate (28.7% in 2019, ranked 2nd nationwide), and future recruitment results are expected. This year, the joint recruitment briefing session for innovation city public institutions is scheduled to be held online in a non-face-to-face manner in July.

At the end of the meeting, representatives of Daegu City and public institutions signed a win-win cooperation agreement that includes prioritizing the employment of local talent and encouraging the purchase of local goods to support local small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners facing economic difficulties due to COVID-19.

Last year, the proportion of goods produced locally purchased first by public institutions was about 4.2% (21.7 billion KRW). In this regard, public institutions promised to actively promote this by forming a 'Local Goods Priority Purchase Council' in July and setting a target ratio higher than last year.

A Daegu City official emphasized the great significance of this agreement, saying, "This agreement, involving Daegu City, public institutions, and support organizations, will be the cornerstone of successful regional win-win cooperation to prepare for the upcoming post-COVID era, including joint fostering of non-face-to-face industries and joint promotion of regional development cooperation projects."

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