Korea Photonics Industry Promotion Association Signs Business Agreement to Support Youth Startups

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Korea Optical Industry Promotion Association and Chosun University of Science and Technology announced on the 26th that they have signed an agreement to train manpower and alleviate labor shortages targeting youth and at-risk workers in the Gwangju area.

The agreement ceremony was held on the 26th at Chosun University of Science and Technology, attended by about 10 officials including Ahn Sun-young, General Director of the Korea Optical Industry Promotion Association, and Cho Soon-gye, President of Chosun University of Science and Technology.

This agreement aims to proactively respond to the development of the optical convergence industry as well as stabilize existing jobs and create new jobs in the region through the establishment of a full-scale industry-academia cooperation system and activation of mutual cooperation between the two institutions.

The main contents of the agreement specify cooperation between the two institutions through joint efforts including ▲collaboration to discover joint projects ▲joint development and operation of educational curricula for manpower training programs ▲cooperation in operation processes such as providing instructors and training facilities for manpower training projects ▲support for youth entrepreneurship, job projects, and their execution ▲activities and research to resolve manpower mismatches ▲mutual promotion cooperation to expand the base of the agreement institutions.

The Promotion Association stated, “Through this business agreement, we will make further efforts to revitalize the regional economy as a foothold for resolving local labor shortages and creating jobs by fostering specialized manpower in the home appliance sector, a key industry in Gwangju, including the optical convergence industry.”

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