Incheon City and Bio Companies Join Forces to Attract 'Bio Process Workforce Training Center'

Forming Consortium with Incheon Technopark and Yonsei University to Participate in Next Month's Contest
Center to be Established by 2025... Training 2,000 Bio Specialists Annually

Aerial view of Songdo District 11, where the bio cluster will be developed [Provided by Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is joining forces with local bio companies, related organizations, and universities to attract the government public project 'Bio Process Workforce Training Center.'

On the 29th, the city announced that it held a meeting to attract the Bio Process Workforce Training Center, attended by executives from bio companies such as Celltrion, Samsung Biologics, DM Bio, as well as officials from Incheon Technopark and the Incheon Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Byun Jooyoung, head of the city's Job and Economy Headquarters, stated, "If we attract the Incheon Bio Process Workforce Training Center, we will make it a global-level, field-oriented practical education institution that surpasses Ireland's NIBRT (National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training)."

The attendees agreed that attracting the Bio Process Workforce Training Center is the first step for Incheon City to build a global bio hub and foster the biohealth industry, promising full support and backing.

Representatives from bio companies emphasized, "If Incheon City attracts the center, we will actively support trainees' field practice and collaborate comprehensively with the center from research to production," adding, "Training bio-specialized personnel with global competitiveness will also greatly help attract domestic and international bio venture companies and raw material production companies to the center."

The Bio Process Workforce Training Center construction project plans to invest a total of approximately 61.9 billion KRW by 2025 to build a bio process practice facility equipped with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards, then introduce the NIBRT education program to train 2,000 specialists annually.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Health and Welfare are accepting applications until the 14th of next month through a public contest targeting metropolitan local government consortia (including participating institutions and universities).

Incheon City is known to be applying by forming a consortium with Incheon Technopark and Yonsei University (Songdo International Campus).

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