PROGRAMS

2017

SMES COMPETENCY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

Firstly, KCCI organized a SME business delegation to visit ASEAN's high-tech industrial sites and seek economic cooperation in Singapore and Thailand from July 3rd to July 7th, 2017. The delegation was composed of representatives of twenty companies from Korea and Six ASEAN countries, and the range of industries included IT, finance and manufacturing sectors.

SCHEDULE FOR DELEGATION
【Singapore】
Breakfast meeting for delegates : introducing delegates and programs
Visit Association of Banks in Singapore* (ABS) *Association of Banks in Singapore
Visit One North Industrial Complex and JTC LaunchPad* *Start-up support center
Visit Singapore smart factories and ARTC* *Advanced Remanufacturing & Technology Center
【Bangkok】
Visit Bangkok office of Korea e-commerce company, 11 street
Visit Thai Chamber of Commerce and host business meeting for Thai ICT business leaders
Visit Thailand Board of Investment HQ
Visit Thai No.1 state owned information and communications company, CAT Telecom

In addition, ASEAN SME business delegation visited Korea from November 19th to 22nd to learn about the advanced technology in IT, start-up system, healthcare and smart factories in Korea.

SCHEDULE FOR DELEGATION	NOTES
【Seoul/Korea】
Seminar with experts the current state of Korea- ASEAN key industry and the economic cooperation outlook the growth of Korean innovative enterprises and their entry into the ASEAN market	Frost& Sulivan (venue: KCCI)
Networking session between Korea-ASEAN enterprises
Welcoming luncheon	Korean cuisine
Examples of infrastructure revealing the Korean creative economy	Pangyo Techno Valley
Application of Fin Tech in the finance service sector introduce application of Fin Tech in the finance service sector	FinTech Center
【Gyunggi/Korea】
Korean automobile industry and strategies for the future	Hyundai-Kia Motors Plant
The current state of Korean beauty Industry	Amore Pacific
The current state of Korean healthcare industry	Korea Health Industry Development Institue

SECTORAL BOARDS

As an attempt to share the issues and enhance cooperation in the same industry between Korea and ASEAN countries, two sectoral boards were initiated as test cases during 2017. Steel industry was proposed by the Korean side, and healthcare industry by the ASEAN side.