Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has taken the "Colombia Bogotá National Vocational Training School (SENA) Innovation Entrepreneurship Education Capacity-Building Project Volunteer Program" into full operation after successfully completing its core preparatory program, a trainer training course (ToT, Training of Trainers).

JBNU announced on the 3rd that it successfully completed the ToT program, which was held locally in Colombia from February 10 to 19 over eight days. This course is the practical first step of the main project to establish a technology-innovation-based entrepreneurship ecosystem in Bogotá, Colombia, from 2025 to 2028.

More than 80 participants attended the program, including SENA entrepreneurship instructors, field mentors, and personnel responsible for entrepreneurship support and facility operations. Beyond simple teacher training, it is significant that practical staff and infrastructure managers participated together, enabling the establishment of an integrated entrepreneurship education system in which "education–mentoring–facility operation" are organically linked.

Lectures were delivered by JBNU and participating experts (Professors Jinsoo Kim, Dong-yeol Choi, and CEO Seong-woo Yoo), who concentrated on transferring Korean entrepreneurship know-how such as designing technology-based entrepreneurship education, operating team project–based classes, and AI-driven entrepreneurship strategies. In addition, Juan Pablo Carreño Díaz and Santiago Muñoz from El Bosque University participated as special lecturers, analyzing the operations of the local flagship entrepreneurship support program 'Fondo Emprender' to enhance the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation.

JBNU plans to operate a comprehensive entrepreneurship program covering the entire process from team building to prototype (MVP) development, business plan formulation, and IR pitching. In particular, it will form 'Korea–Colombia Joint Project Teams'—in strategic sectors such as ICT, food processing, tourism, and apparel/fashion—by uniting SENA-selected teams and KOICA volunteer teams to generate tangible, practical startup outcomes.

Moon Kyung-yeon, Director of the JBNU International Development Cooperation Center, emphasized, "We expect that this trainer training program will significantly enhance SENA's local capacity to implement entrepreneurship education," adding, "It will become a core project that directly produces successful startup cases locally and contributes to revitalizing the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem in Colombia."

Meanwhile, JBNU plans to use this Colombia project as a foothold to continuously expand technology-based entrepreneurship education cooperation with the Latin American region and to further solidify its position as a leading university in global entrepreneurship education and international development cooperation.