[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The 'Digital Economy Confederation (DEC)' established to revitalize the digital economy and industry announced on the 8th that it will officially launch on the 11th.
The confederation brings together representative associations from the rapidly emerging online platform sectors such as shopping, venture, gaming, portals, fintech, content, and online advertising. The Korea Internet Corporations Association serves as the secretariat, with a total of seven organizations including the Korea Online Shopping Association, Korea Fintech Industry Association, Korea Startup Forum, Korea Game Industry Association, Korea Digital Advertising Association, and Venture Business Association collaborating to seek desirable policy changes necessary for the development of the digital industry.
They have submitted a presidential election pledge proposal titled "A Digital Economy that Shares, Coexists, and Empathizes," which includes suggestions for digital industry development plans to the next government.
Specifically, the proposal focuses on ▲restructuring governance in the digital economy sector for the new normal era ▲regulatory innovation and institutional improvements to strengthen the global competitiveness of the ICT industry ▲promotion and nurturing plans for new industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data industries, OTT, metaverse, and digital healthcare ▲training innovative talents and expanding IT jobs suitable for the Fourth Industrial Revolution era ▲creating a 'digital ecosystem' to revitalize domestic venture and startup companies, emphasizing government organization restructuring, new industry promotion plans, regulatory innovation, and institutional improvements.
At the launch ceremony at 10 a.m. on the 11th, Park Sung-ho, chairman of the Korea Internet Corporations Association, will introduce the purpose and direction of the confederation's operations, and Choi Sung-jin, representative of the Korea Startup Forum, will present on 'governance,' 'new industry promotion,' and 'institutional improvements.' The launch ceremony will be broadcast live on Naver TV and Kakao TV.
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