Yeogyeonghyeop Explores Win-Win Cooperation Between Public Institutions and Women-Owned Businesses: "Expanding Public Market Access"

On the 8th, key attendees are taking a commemorative photo at the '2022 Metropolitan Area Public Institutions Women's Enterprise Win-Win Cooperation Meeting' held at the Seoul Gangnam-gu Women's Economic Association headquarters. (From the fourth person from the left in the front row) Kim Young-shin, Director of Seoul Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration; Lee Jeong-han, President of the Korea Women Entrepreneurs Association; Kang Shin-myeon, Director of Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The Korea Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (KFWE) held a "Metropolitan Public Institutions and Women-Owned Businesses Win-Win Cooperation Meeting" on the 8th at the KFWE headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

The metropolitan public institutions meeting was held to commemorate the first-ever Women-Owned Business Week this year. It was organized to promote the public procurement system for women-owned businesses and to support the expansion of sales channels such as public procurement for women-owned businesses.

The meeting was attended by seven metropolitan public institutions including Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, Incheon International Airport Corporation, Korea Environment Corporation, Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, Korea Institute of Design Promotion, and National Cancer Center, along with over 140 women-owned businesses, to explore ways for win-win cooperation.

KFWE requested the promotion and expansion of purchases under the public procurement system for women-owned business products. Following explanations of the current status and plans for public procurement by each public institution, consultations with interested companies took place.

The public institution-women-owned business win-win cooperation meetings, hosted by KFWE and sponsored by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, began last month in the Yeongnam region and will be held regionally in the metropolitan area, Honam region, Chungcheong region, and Gangwon region through October.

Lee Jeong-han, president of KFWE, said, "This was a meaningful occasion where women-owned businesses and public institutions shared the value of mutual growth and sought ways for win-win cooperation," adding, "We expect this to be an opportunity to expand participation in mutual growth cooperation projects by women-owned businesses and to practically expand sales channels."

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