Gwangju-Jeonnam Small and Medium Business Administration Supports Innovation Vouchers for Local Manufacturers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration announced on the 20th that it has finally selected 75 local manufacturing small enterprises as demand companies for the SME Innovation Voucher Project and will support a total of 2.453 billion KRW.

This project provides vouchers of up to 50 million KRW to manufacturing small enterprises with high growth potential to support customized packages. This time, it consists of general vouchers and carbon-neutral management innovation vouchers.

The general voucher supports up to three programs among 16 programs in three fields: consulting, technical support, and marketing. The carbon-neutral management innovation voucher supports a package of carbon-neutral management innovation consulting along with multiple technical support programs.

A total of 303 companies applied through the recruitment announcement in March, and 75 companies were finally selected, overcoming a competition rate of about 4 to 1. By region, 33 companies were selected in Gwangju and received a total of 1.107 billion KRW, and 42 companies were selected in Jeonnam and received a total of 1.3046 billion KRW.

Looking at the application results of local manufacturing small enterprises, the general voucher showed the highest preference for ▲management technology strategy (consulting), ▲prototype production (technical support), and ▲promotion support (marketing) programs.

The carbon-neutral management innovation voucher showed the highest preference for ▲carbon-neutral management innovation consulting and ▲energy efficiency improvement system and facility construction (technical support) programs.

The companies selected in round ㅇ can use the program services provided by the executing agency for one year, starting with an agreement with the Small and Medium Business Corporation.

Director Jang Daegyo said, “In the difficult management environment of manufacturing small enterprises due to COVID-19, I hope this project will be a strong support,” and added, “We will continue to devise various support measures for local manufacturing small enterprises.”