The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo) announced on the 2nd that it is recruiting participating companies for the '2025 SME Smart Service Support Project' to promote digital transformation (DX) of SMEs in the service sector.
This project has been in progress since 2020 to help small and medium-sized enterprises in the service sector achieve innovative growth by utilizing digital technology, and supports the creation of business models (BMs) for developing new services or the establishment of solutions necessary to improve the quality of customer services such as logistics and supply chain management, marketing, sales, and advertising.
The support types are divided into three categories: new solution construction, solution advancement, and joint solution construction. First, in the new solution construction category, 110 companies will be selected and supported with up to 50 million won, and in the solution advancement category, which further develops existing solutions, 25 companies will be supported with up to 100 million won.
In addition, in the joint utilization solution construction sector, which will be promoted as a pilot project in 2025, eight tasks will be selected and supported with up to 250 million won. This project aims to support the development of solutions that can be jointly utilized by SMEs in five or more service fields, thereby strengthening the capabilities of solution providers.
Companies wishing to participate in the business must form a consortium consisting of small and medium-sized enterprises in the service sector (introducing companies) that wish to undergo digital transformation (DX) and companies with solution building capabilities (suppliers).
In addition, we plan to support preliminary consulting by experts for companies that wish to participate in the project, including digital transformation level diagnosis, necessary technology consulting, and business plan derivation. Applications can be submitted by e-mail from the 3rd to the 18th to the implementing organizations that wish to receive consulting (▲Korea Management Innovation Small and Medium Business Association (Mainbiz, smart@mainbiz.or.kr) ▲Korea Smart Consulting Association (korsca_svc@korsca.kr) ▲Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Association (Innobiz, smartcs@innobiz.or.kr) ▲Women's Business Comprehensive Support Center (smartservice119@wbiz.or.kr)).
Detailed information on the support project, including the application form, can be found on the 'Small and Medium Business Smart Service Support Project Management System' from the 3rd, and applications for the project can be submitted online from May 12th to May 23rd, regardless of whether or not prior consulting was conducted.
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