Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea launched the Korea-Czech Republic Standards Cooperation Workshop (“Workshop”) today in Seoul with the participation of approximately 50 private standards experts and government officials of both countries.

A follow-up to the action plan for standards cooperation signed between the two countries in October 2024 in Edinburgh to further the outcomes gained during the bilateral summit held last September, today’s Workshop brought Korean and Czech standards experts together to share technology and standardization trends in battery, hydrogen, and artificial intelligence (AI) and to engage in exchanges on standards information and joint standards development research for bilateral standards cooperation.

On the margins of the event, the Korean Standards Association (KSA) and the Czechoslovak Association of Standardization (CAS) entered into a standards information distribution license agreement to promote support for Korean and Czech exporting businesses’ obtaining of standards approval for mutual market entry.