The Industry Ministry has initiated a project to set up an open innovation centre for upcountry provinces as a way to bring them into the ministry's flagship policy of developing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The planned open innovation centre comes after the ministry kick-started many projects earlier this year, including the 22-billion-baht Creative Industry Village (CIV), the Industry Transformation Centre (ITC) and the Thailand Innovation Space. "The open innovation centre will mark a collaboration with provincial business operators in a bid to provide their technology and innovation to support training courses for local farmers," said Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana. Technology and innovation, once embraced by business operators, can be applied by local SMEs and farmers for smart upgrades. In addition, he said the ministry aims to expand the open innovation centre to other provinces.

Source: Bangkok Post September 13, 2018 23:48 UTC