The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises said on the 1st that they signed a business agreement at the Gyeonggi Startup One-Stop Support Center to build a Start - Up one-stop support system.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, The Federation of Korean Industries, the Venture Business Association, Startup Alliance, Korea Startup Forum, and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation took part in the business agreement. The participating organizations plan to strengthen the support system, including cooperation on regulatory improvements and expert counseling support, so that the "Start - Up One-Stop Support Center" can help on the front lines of new business creation.
The Start - Up One-Stop Support Center is an integrated window dedicated to founders, jointly created by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED), and the Centers for Creative Economy and Innovation. Through the center, founders can receive integrated professional counseling in law, tax, patents, and labor, and check information on support programs in one place.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) has gathered on-the-ground opinions through 10 rounds of field meetings. Together with public-private partner institutions, it formed an advisory panel of about 1,600 people and set up a counseling system. In the first quarter of next year, it plans to build an "online one-stop support center" to create an environment that founders can access without time or regional constraints.
The partner institutions will jointly support founders' growth by linking each group's legal counseling, investment connections, overseas networks, and mentoring infrastructure with the support center. In particular, the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises will support identifying on-site difficulties, proposing regulatory and institutional improvements, and providing counseling based on a pool of experts, leveraging its network of small and medium-sized companies and cooperatives.
Minister Han Seong-sook of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) said, "To ensure founders do not have to visit multiple places, the government and the private sector have built a single window where everything can be resolved in 'one place,'" adding, "This support system will lower the barriers to administrative and support procedures needed by founders and serve as a catalyst to speed up innovation."
Yang Chan-hoe, head of the Innovation Growth Headquarters at the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, said, "With this business agreement, touchpoints between corporations, industries, and Start - Ups will expand."