SBC, Idea Contest for Revitalizing Small Businesses and Traditional Markets

National Innovation Idea Contest 2025
Seeking creative ideas
for revitalizing small businesses
and traditional markets

The Small Enterprise and Market Service announced on the 12th that it will hold the "2025 National Innovation Idea Contest." This contest, which runs from the 12th to the 15th of next month, is designed to discover the public's creative ideas to revitalize small business owners, traditional markets, and shopping districts.

The contest categories are broadly divided into ▲Innovation (public services, digital technology, public communication) and ▲ESG (environment, social responsibility, governance), and participants can propose ideas by selecting one of the six detailed subcategories.

Submitted ideas will be evaluated based on effectiveness, concreteness, feasibility, innovativeness, sustainability, and appropriateness, and a total of six outstanding ideas will be selected through a judging committee.

According to the judging results, winners will receive a certificate from the chairman and digital Onnuri gift certificates worth a total of 1.4 million KRW as prizes. Detailed information on how to participate in the contest can be found on the Small Enterprise and Market Service website.

Park Seonghyo, chairman of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, said, “We aim to actively incorporate the public’s creative ideas into policies to contribute to the revitalization of small business owners, traditional markets, and shopping districts.”

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