New Belarus-Korea information access center to train up to 200 people monthly

Up to 200 persons will be trained at the Belarusian-Korean information access center that was opened in Minsk on 24 September on a monthly basis, head of the center, manager of the innovative entrepreneurship promotion department of the Hi-Tech Park Administration Yuri Sudarev told media, BelTA has learned.

The opening ceremony of a new institution was attended by Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning Choi Yanghee and Belarusian Information Technologies and Communications Minister Sergei Popkov.

“The Government of the Republic of Korea opens information access centers not only in Belarus but in other countries as well. The one we have opened today differs from the others,” the Korean minister said emphasizing its multifunctionality. Over 30 centers of the kind have been opened worldwide since 2002. Apart from Belarus, such centers are set up in Uganda, Honduras and Costa Rica in 2014.

The Korean minister stressed that the project had been implemented in Belarus thanks to the Korean government grant with the help of the “Belarusian enthusiasm”.

Belarusian Information Technologies and Communications Minister Sergei Popkov stated for his part: “There is a lot we can learn from our Korean counterparts. They have already helped us make a considerable headway in IT penetration in Belarus.” He stressed that today the government considers ways for the implementation of IT projects, including those regarding bio passports.

The information access center was set up in Minsk in line with the memorandum of understanding signed between the National Information Society Agency of Korea and the Hi-Tech Park Administration on 24 April 2014. The document focuses on educational activity in ICT, training of innovative entrepreneurs, conferences, seminars and presentations of the ICT usage in different areas.

The information access center will be used by organizations of Belarus and South Korea to share experience in IT sphere. Besides, the center will be used to invite Korean experts to enhance qualifications of Belarusian specialists and intensify joint high-tech companies.

On 24 September Minsk also played host to a ceremony of opening a research and development center of the South-Korean Corporation SK Hynix by Softeq Flash Solutions Company. The center specializes on the development, testing and support of software for memory chips. The company has been set up to continue partner relations between the corporation and Hi-Tech Park resident Softeq Development.