STARTUP FORUM ASSOCIATED WITH ONE COMMUNE ONE PRODUCT (OCOP) PROGRAM FOR YOUTHS AND STUDENTS
, 03/12/2021 14:12From December 1st to 3rd, 2021, Center for Rural Development - Saemaul Undong, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM in collaboration with Central New Rural Coordination Office organized a training program: “Startup forum associated with One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program for youths and students”. The program was held online via Zoom and was broadcast live through Saemaul Undong Center’s Fanpage and Youtube channel.
The opening ceremony of the program had the participation of Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien - Director of Central New Rural Coordination Office, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan - President of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Ngo Thi Thu Trang - Vice Director of Center for Rural Development - Saemaul Undong and the experts and business leaders as the keynote speakers. The program also attracted the attention of nearly 300 students from USSH. In addition, the program received registers of nearly 1000 students with more than 25 startup ideas.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien highly appreciated the cooperation and support of USSH in implementing the new rural program. He clarified that the new rural was a comprehensive program with the features of economy, culture, society, and humanity. However, only about 8% of OCOP products were brand-new. He hoped the program would help young people and students develop new products associated with local images, traditions, culture, and knowledge. He believed that students, with the supports from the government offices and the program’s mentors together with their wisdom, passion, creativity, and technology and science application, would have the potential to create new products.
Following Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien’s speech, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan said that young people and students were the fundamental forces, always innovating and creating new values for society. She hoped that the youth would have new products, projects contributing to the development of the program. Besides, she thanked the Central New Rural Coordination Office for the trust in USSH and the speakers for their supports to the students participating in the program.
The training program consisted of 10 topics with 03 main themes: “Student and OCOP startup”, “OCOP Startup with organic agriculture”, and “OCOP startup in association with building, developing, and protecting product’s trademarks” providing students with an overview of the OCOP national program, start-up principles and useful advice in entrepreneurship. The program promised to create a playground for the youth to develop their capabilities and take advantage of the inherent values of locality, aiming to develop the economy, strengthen and spread the spirit of entrepreneurship among students in the whole country.
The program introduced 4 workshops on the opening day of the forum. In particular, Ms. Nguyen Thi Diem Kieu - Director of Go Co Village Community Tourism Cooperative gave a speech on “Rural Tourism Startup” with the success model of Go Co Cooperative. In her speech, Ms. Kieu gave students useful advice on the orientation in start-up. She stated that doing a startup project would be a very long journey, requiring plenty of different factors, hence, the youth should burn their idea with ambition, patience, and effort. She gave an example of Go Co Cooperative - a successful model based on three factors: first, focusing on the community; second, approaching conservation to preserve and promote the value of indigenous cultural heritage; and third, harmonious cooperating and sharing benefits among partners. She believed that to achieve that success students need to continuously improve themselves and invest in their knowledge, which help them in applying new ideas and startup models into life, contributing to the development of the social community.
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