"Fostering Talent Centered on Local Universities" ... Changwon Special City Signs MOU with 6 Universities

Full-Scale Start of the Next 50 Years of Transformation in Daejeon
Through Collaboration Between Local Universities and Regional Industries

On the 22nd, Changwon City in Gyeongnam Special City signed a 'Business Agreement for Regional Development and Nurturing Local Talent' with six local universities.

The signing ceremony was attended by Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, presidents of Changwon National University, Gyeongnam National University, Changshin University, Masan University, Changwon Moonsung University, the regional dean of Korea Polytechnics VII, and the director of the Changwon City Policy Research Institute to establish a local talent nurturing system linked to regional strategic industries.

Changwon Special City signed a business agreement with local universities for talent development.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲ the formation and operation of an academic-industry-government-local government consultative body for regional development ▲ sharing the capabilities and infrastructure of universities within Changwon City necessary for academic-industry-government-local government cooperation ▲ and establishing strategies for nurturing local talent for sustainable regional development.

The government is currently restructuring the university support system to support autonomous innovation by universities for the co-growth of regions and local universities amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, rapid industrial structural changes, and population decline.

This includes the 'Glocal University 30' initiative, which calls for bold university-led innovation, and the 'RISE Project,' which supports local governments with 50% of the Ministry of Education's university financial support projects to induce co-growth of regions and local universities.

Mayor Hong said, “It is a time when bold university-led innovation is necessary because local universities must be specialized and differentiated to gain competitiveness. I hope the presidents attending today will actively participate in discovering the Glocal University and RISE projects promoted by the government, and I expect today's agreement to be the starting point for that.”

The presidents said, “We appreciate the city’s initiative in reaching out to universities first. We will actively promote sustainable innovation and growth in connection with Changwon City, companies, and research institutions.”

Meanwhile, Changwon City plans to form an academic-industry-government-local government consultative body to jointly discover RISE projects linked to regional strategic industries and actively support local universities to be selected for the 2024 Glocal University 30.

Additionally, the city plans to establish a Changwon-type university innovation support system that leads to quality jobs by opening professional departments related to the service industry for nurturing local talent, and focusing on manufacturing AI, AI and big data-based medical bio, and digital transformation fields.

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