STEPI, in collaboration with Yachay E.P of Ecuador, conducted a Capacity Building Training Program from May 6^th to May 13^th in Seoul, Korea. Since signing the MOU, STEPI and Yachay E.P. have been working on the measures to strengthen linkage among Industry-University-Institute. Major topics for policy consultations include R&D Program, IT Park, and STP Management and Business Model. In this regard, STEPI designed the Capacity Building Training Program to share Korean experience in developing innovation cluster and provide participants with study visits to witness how these clusters are operated and managed. STEPI invited 11 delegations, among which 9 participan ts are from Yachay E.P. and the rest from the private sector.

Both STEPI and Yachay E.P. delegations constantly exchanged ideas during the Training. Yachay E.P. was able to have more concrete and visualized concepts of which areas to develop and get consultations on. STEPI will continue to cooperate with Yachay E.P. to realize Yachay Technopark in the near future.