Park Seonghyo, Director of Sojin-gong, "Will Focus Capabilities on Innovation of the Corporation and Growth of Small Business Owners"

Park Sung-hyo, President of the Small Enterprise and Market Service.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Park Seonghyo, Chairman of the Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS), announced four major tasks for the innovation of the corporation and the growth of small business owners on the occasion of his 100th day in office.

On the 27th, Chairman Park held a press conference at the Korea Federation of SMEs in Yeouido, Seoul, and announced the "Four Major Institutional Innovation Tasks for the Sustainable Growth of Small Business Owners and Traditional Markets and the Innovation of the Corporation." The main tasks are ▲ Strengthening policy proposal capabilities through innovation ▲ Completing an organization where employees enjoy working through organizational restructuring ▲ Enhancing region-led balanced development through coexistence and cooperation ▲ Leading the implementation of the new government's small business policies.

Since his inauguration, Chairman Park has established the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Innovation Team and the Research and Analysis Team through organizational restructuring. Starting at the end of this year, SEMAS plans to hold an innovation performance contest involving all departments to create innovation results that the public can feel, and to strengthen high-quality specialized and in-house research to advance policy sophistication led by the corporation.

Last month, SEMAS undertook organizational restructuring by consolidating and abolishing overlapping functions based on public institution innovation guidelines. Currently, job analysis is underway to efficiently carry out the new government's national tasks. Through this, objective and empathetic data will be built to derive the optimal organizational structure suited to internal and external environments. In addition, to create a stable and pleasant working environment, a smart work system will be introduced to boost employee morale and improve work productivity.

SEMAS has seven regional headquarters and 77 support centers, providing infrastructure capable of customized support according to regional circumstances. Based on this, it plans to establish a coexistence and cooperation system with local governments to enhance the competitiveness of the corporation's support projects and maximize synergy in supporting local small business owners.

To support the government's "Small Business and Self-Employment Policy Direction," SEMAS has prepared policy promotion momentum linked to 23 support projects. In the future, execution management meetings will be held according to the progress of each project, and major issues will be shared with all employees to secure interest and driving force. Mid- to long-term roadmaps and comprehensive plans for each major project will be established to strengthen policy implementation capabilities.

Furthermore, SEMAS plans to steadily promote its unique projects so that small business owners and traditional markets can overcome the damage caused by COVID-19 and respond to the changing business environment to make a fresh leap forward.

Chairman Park said, "Over the past three years, all employees of the corporation have worked tirelessly on the ground to recover from the damage caused by COVID-19," adding, "From now on, we will promote policies that small business owners and traditional markets can personally feel through customized support by sector and continuous innovation of the corporation."

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