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Lee Gyu-ho, Director of the Development Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a lunch meeting with officials* of innovative companies (social ventures) in the digital field, including artificial intelligence (AI), on December 18 (Thursday) and exchanged opinions on the possibility of innovative development cooperation with AI and digital-based social ventures.
* Social Innovation Entrepreneur Network, Citizen Technology Network, AI Works, Leman
This meeting was held to expand cooperation with the private sector, a major partner of our ODA, in line with National Task No. 120-4, Promoting international development cooperation to realize global cooperation and solidarity. Participants emphasized that capable social ventures can contribute to the sustainable development of developing countries by using innovative technologies such as AI and digital to solve social and economic problems in developing countries.
In particular, based on the experience of social ventures pursuing business in developing countries through the KOICA Inclusive Business Program (IBS) and the CTS-TIPS (Ministry of SMEs and Startups) cooperation program, opinions were exchanged on realistic cooperation measures such as early market entry and training of AI and digital human resources. In addition, ways to realize social contributions through culture through cooperation between social ventures and global entertainment companies based on innovative technologies such as AI were also discussed.
* Inclusive Business Solution: Links domestic small and medium-sized business business resources with ODA projects to promote sustainable development and expand ODA resources in developing countries.
- In the case of Leman, it is participating in the ICT-specialized social franchise establishment project for universal Internet access in the urban-rural complex in northern Vietnam
* Innovative technology program (Creating Technology Solution): Applying innovative ideas or technologies of prospective entrepreneurs and social ventures to ODA to improve effectiveness
The participants agreed to continue communication through regular meetings in the future and to identify specific collaborative tasks to establish a sustainable cooperation model that can create business opportunities while contributing to the development of developing countries, thereby concretizing the direction of innovative development cooperation in which the public and private sectors participate together. end.
