AWBC SIGNS MUTUAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH WOMEN ENTERPRISE SUPPORTING CENTER (WESC) FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

Supporting Growth of Korean And American Women’s Companies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2023

CONTACT: info@awbc.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Women Enterprise Supporting Center (WESC) to provide expertise and to support female small and medium-sized companies in Korea and the United States who enter the local market.

By doing so, each party will share its networks with each other and develop and implement programs to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between organizations. In addition, AWBC and WESC will exchange information, technology trends, and jointly collect statistical data through separate consultations to develop support programs related to female enterprises and female subject matter experts (SMEs) in Korea and the United States.

“Bridging relationships with female entrepreneurs around the world allows more avenues for Women’s Business Centers to develop their expertise, and helps open new trade routes for women business owners,” says Corinne Goble, CEO of the Association of Women’s Business Centers.

The agreement took effect on 19 October, 2023 and will be executed for a period of three years. For more information and to learn more about AWBC, visit www.awbc.org.

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Pictured from left to right:  1. Taesik Kim, Executive Vice Chairman,Women Enterprise Supporting Center (WESC), 2. Corinne Goble, CEO, AWBC, 3. Borye Kim, Head of Research & Statistics in WERI, 4. Ahrum Yoon, Senior Researcher in WERI, *WERI (Women Economic Research Institute): WESC affiliated organizations

The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1998 to support the national network of Women’s Business Centers (WBC) with programming and advocacy. The AWBC works to secure economic justice and entrepreneurial opportunities for women by supporting and sustaining a national network of nearly 150 Women’s Business Centers (WBC) in every State in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. WBCs have more than 30-years of success in providing educational training, mentoring, free business counseling, business development, and financing opportunities to over 150,000 women entrepreneurs and small businesses each year. The WBC program is a public-private partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. To learn more about AWBC visit www.awbc.org.