A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table1 ASEAN policy blueprint for SME development.
Programme area activities | Programme area activities |
|---|---|
Human resource development and capacity building | Entrepreneurship development programme Enhancing SME sector skills in management and organisation on a self-reliant basis Fostering SME capabilities for inter-firm networking and linkages Tracking and benchmarking SME capabilities, dynamism and competitiveness |
Enhancing SME marketing capabilities | Setting up regional and sub regional networks of interlinked, online clearing points or trading houses for SME businesses Enhancing SME capabilities in and reliance on ICT and e-commerce Tracking and benchmarking SME readiness as subcontractors and compliance to non-negotiable subcontracting preconditions or compliance requirements on the demand side |
Access to financing | Capacity building for improved SME access to financing Financial institutional capacity building for improved SME financing Widening and deepening SME access to credit |
Access to technology | Small and medium enterprises technology upgrading and transfer of innovative technologies |
Creating conducive environment | Simplification, streamlining and rationalisation of procedures for SME registration and process for SME support services Fine-tune policy and regulatory framework for SME development Promotion of public–private synergies and partnerships for SME development and integration |