Women Venture Association Holds Meeting with Jo Dal-cheong Chief: "Support for Public Procurement Entry and Market Expansion"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The Korea Women Venture Association held a meeting on the 8th at Tipstown in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, inviting Kim Jung-woo, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service, to discuss the activation of public procurement for women venture and startup companies.

This meeting was organized to resolve the difficulties related to public procurement experienced by women venture companies in the field and to explore ways to enter the public procurement market and expand sales channels for women venture and startup companies.

The meeting was attended by Kim Jung-woo, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service, Kim Boon-hee, President of the Korea Women Venture Association, Senior Vice Presidents Yoon Mi-ok and Jang Hye-won, and about 10 women venture entrepreneurs.

The attendees proposed resolving field difficulties and policy support such as △providing public procurement entry education for venture companies △changing the scoring criteria for credibility of women-owned companies △improving the environment to activate direct contracts for women-owned companies △expanding the discovery of women venture companies with innovative technologies and strengthening support for sales channels.

In response, Administrator Kim said, "We will actively support companies unfamiliar with the procurement market, such as technology-capable women-owned companies and youth venture companies, to secure sales channels through the public procurement market without discrimination," and urged, "Please actively develop innovative technologies that can improve public services and knock on the door of the procurement market."

President Kim said, "Policies to activate innovative procurement, such as Venture Nara and the Innovative Prototype Designation System, are becoming good opportunities for venture and startup companies to grow using the public procurement market as a stepping stone," and added, "We ask for expanded policy support and effective implementation of policies so that greater growth can be achieved through the public procurement market."

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