The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises said it signed a business agreement with the Presidential Committee of National Cohesion on the 1st at the KBIZ Leaders' Room in Yeouido, Seoul.
About 20 people attended the signing ceremony, including KBIZ Chairperson Kim Ki-moon and Senior Vice Chairpersons Kwon Hyuk-hong and Bae Jo-ung, as well as Presidential Committee of National Cohesion Chairperson Lee Seok-yeon and Kim Hee-cheon, head of the National Cohesion Support Team.
Through this agreement, the two organizations agreed to cooperate on: ▲ joint research and surveys for co-prosperity and win-win cooperation between large and small businesses ▲ hosting events, forums, and roundtables to develop effective policies ▲ proposing policies to government ministries and related agencies and monitoring continuous implementation ▲ promoting campaigns to improve perceptions of small and medium-sized enterprises.
At the on-site SME roundtable held after the signing ceremony, proposals were made on: ▲ preparing innovation plans for small manufacturing firms ▲ narrowing the technology gap between large firms and SMEs ▲ resolving the dual structure of the labor market △ establishing the "Committee for Growth for All" (tentative name) ▲ introducing a regulatory jury system.
KBIZ Chairperson Kim Ki-moon said, "Our society is a conglomerate-centered ecosystem in which the top 0.1% of large companies account for 66.3% of total added value, and polarization between large and small businesses is spreading across society," and added, "As the current administration has reflected the SME sector's calls for co-prosperity in its state agenda—such as introducing the right for cooperatives to request consultations and enacting the Online Platform Act—I expect the two organizations to work together to achieve national cohesion by promoting SME growth and easing polarization."