Jungjingong Takes Field Action to Discover Outstanding Local SMEs

Hosting the On-site 'Doyak Program' Briefing Session

The Small and Medium Business Corporation announced on the 14th that it will hold the ‘Visiting Jump-up Program On-site Briefing Session’ in cooperation with local Small and Medium Business Administration offices and related organizations to discover outstanding small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in each region.

The Jump-up Program is a new project that selects 100 SMEs with innovative capabilities and growth ambitions to support their leap from future new growth sector SMEs to mid-sized enterprises.

The support includes ▲ directing that closely manages the SME scale-up process ▲ open vouchers that support scale-up commercialization costs ▲ networking opportunities for investment attraction and global expansion ▲ a cross-ministerial policy package to support successful scale-up. Selected companies in the Jump-up Program will receive focused services for three years.

Small and Medium Business Corporation

Starting with the business briefing session held on the 11th in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province for the western, southern, and eastern Gyeonggi regions, the Corporation plans to conduct joint briefing sessions with local Small and Medium Business Administration offices in 16 cities nationwide, including Seoul, Incheon, Gangwon, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan, from the 15th to the 22nd to discover outstanding companies in key local industries.

At the briefing sessions, the Jump-up Program project introduction and support procedures will be provided to promising local companies such as manufacturing SMEs and related organizations, followed by a Q&A session.

Kang Seok-jin, the Director, said, “This visiting briefing session is to promote the Jump-up Program, which builds a growth ladder for SMEs, and to support the creation of new business opportunities and sustainable growth for SMEs,” adding, “We will support practical outcomes through two-way communication between support organizations and SMEs.”