Public institution in charge of scientific technology employment

 and scientific culture,

reestablishing its roles and responsibility (R&R)

- Signed MOU for change and cooperation -

□ Ministry of Science and ICT(Minister Young-Min You, hereafter MSIT) has announced Roles and Responsibility(R&R) plan of each institution for creation of scientific technology jobs and spread of scientific culture with INNOPOLIS Foundation, COMPA, KOFAC, National Daegu, Gwangju, Busan Science Center, and signed MOU.

□ The background of public institutions under MSIT promoting reestablishment of R&R is as follows.

  ㅇ Previously, the institutions conducted assignments granted in accordance with mannerism and customs by reorganizing public institutions based on top-down method,

  ㅇ and it has been pointed out that the institutions must lead 4h industrial revolution and lead changes and innovation to fit the level of the public.

□ This R&R plan was prepared based on agreement among participating institutions that there is a need to spread ‘’ and contribute to improvement of 'quality of life of the public'.

 ㅇ Based on the standard* prepared through autonomous innovation process such as operating R&R team of each institutions, internal discussion, the core mission and political assignment of each institution were set.

   * ① R&R reestablishment to lead 4th industrial revolution ② Enhance autonomous innovation, responsibility and ethical management ③ Spread I-KOREA 4.0 and focus on job creation ④ Plan to achieve major government projects ⑤ Improve quality of life of the public and national convenience ⑥ Enhance cooperations among institutions

 ㅇ Also, the institutes promised to enhance cooperation among institutions and improve public service to create scientific technology jobs and professional scientific culture institution.

□ (Scientific technology job creation) INNOPOLIS Foundation and COMPA will closely cooperate based on technical commercialization step such as technical transfer-start up-commercialization-follow-up support to create jobs through commercialization* of public research outcome.

   * INNOPOLIS Foundation(Cultivate INNOPOLIS Research Institute Spin-off Company , support technical finance), COMPA(Cultivate research industry, open research labs)

 ㅇ By analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of COMPA focusing on spread of research outcome targeting 5 INNOPOLIS Foundations and the nation, it aims to create environment that could connect technical commercialization of sophistication of capability.

 ㅇ Especially, they promised to enhance 'infrastructure share such as technical information platform and business demand seeking system', and connection between businesses such as commercialization support and follow up investment.

   * Technical information platform(INNOPOLIS technical portal, future technical ground), demand seeking system(Technique seeking forum, cooperation round)

□ (Spread of scientific culture) KOFAC, Daegu, Gwangju, Busan Science Center promised to enhance cooperation and communication to realize 'Science with the public'.

 ㅇ expand public participation and communication regarding science, secure professional manpower at the field to provide various scientific cultural service,

 ㅇ and especially, to enhance cooperation and connection of scientific contents, exhibition, eduction and event each institutions own.

   * Expansion of local exhibition tour, reorganize science center committee function etc.

□ In addition, each institutions suggested various plans to improve authoritative organization culture, careless management and to enhance work efficiency.

  ※ Enhance service mind, minimize formality, build smart work environment, prohibit sexual harrassment, corruption and overuse of power etc

□ The role establishment plan including core missions of institutions will be reflected on management plan, mid-long term development plan. Its outcome will be utilized in annual public institution evaluation. 

□ Minister Young-Min You highlighted to attendees that "reestablishment of R&R is the starting point of public institutions to willfully change", and urged them "to do our best to be credible public institutions by leading 4th industrial revolution and improving national quality of life".

□ Meanwhile, MSIT signed 'the first public institution R&R reestablishment MOU' with information communication public institutions on May 11, set core missions for each institution and promised to enhance cooperation such as running consultative group for each core mission.

(From left) President Yong-Beom Cho of COMPA, President Seon-Ah Kim of National Gwangju Science Center, President Ju-Han Kim of National Daegu Science Center, Young-Min You, Minister of Science and ICT, Chairwoman Eun-Gyeong Seo of KOFAC, President Hyeon-Sook Go of National Busan Science Center, President Seong-Gwang Yang of INNOPOLIS Foundation