Osan City Recruits Companies and Universities for Smart City Challenge

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City is recruiting companies and universities to participate in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's '2020 Smart City Challenge Project' by the 28th of this month.

The 'Smart City Challenge' is a project that utilizes innovative ideas held by the private sector to develop comprehensive services that solve problems throughout the city and apply them to various locations in the city.

If selected in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Smart City Challenge' project, 1.5 billion won in national funds will be provided, and preliminary projects including city problem-solving project planning and solution·service demonstration will be conducted.

The city plans to select participating companies and universities through evaluation, form a consortium, and then apply for the smart challenge project.

Companies and universities wishing to participate may submit their applications and business plans to the Planning and Budget Division of Osan City Hall within the deadline.

For more information, refer to the city's website announcement or contact the Planning and Budget Division (031-8036-7088).