SMEWG Chair Report
Wimonkan Kosumas, Ph D.
SMEWG Chair
Deputy Director General
Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion
Thailand
37th SMEWG Meeting | 3-4 September 2013 | Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
SMEWG STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-2016
Three Priority Area Objectives:
• Priority Area 1: Building Management Capability,
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Priority Area 2: Finance
• Priority Area 3: Business Environment, Market Access
and Internationalization
SMEWG STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-2016
2. Vision Statement
The SMEWG shall
– promote competitive, balanced, inclusive,
sustainable, innovative, and secure growth of
SMEs and MEs in the APEC region.
– facilitate SMEs and MEs, individually and
collectively, to attain their fullest growth potential
and contribute to the achievement of APEC’s
wider economic prosperity and integration goals.
SMEWG STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-2016
Critical Success Factors
• Engaging and collaborating with
– other APEC fora
– SME service organizations
– ABAC and relevant private and public sector organizations
to ensure their awareness of and participation in SMEWG
projects
• Direct participation of SMEs and MEs in the projects
• Paying special attention to youth, women
entrepreneurs, and minority-owned SMEs and MEs
SMEWG Projects in 2013
PRIORITY AREA 1: Building Management Capability, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
APEC Startup Accelerator Initiative – Startup Leadership
Summit 2013
Chinese Taipei
APEC 19th Ministerial Meeting
Seminar on the Dynamics of SME: Informality and
Women Entrepreneurship
Indonesia
APEC 19th Ministerial Meeting
APEC Women and the Economy Forum
APEC Business Advisory Council
International Symposium and Workshop - Enhancing
the Competitiveness of SMEs through the Innovative
Cooperative Business Model
Peru
APEC SME Ministerial Meeting
APEC Carbon Labeling Workshop
Korea
Meeting of APEC Trade Ministers
APEC Green Business Forum
Korea
Meeting of APEC Trade Ministers
Green Technology Initiative: Establishing the Green
Technology Innovation Network to Support SMEs
Indonesia
Meeting of APEC Trade Ministers
Improving Natural Disaster Resilience of APEC SMEs
Chinese Taipei
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APEC International Symposium and Workshop on
Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs through the
Innovative Cooperative Business Model
Peru
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Facilitation of women's business with the use of OVOP
method in the APEC region
Japan
APEC 19th Ministerial Meeting
APEC Women and the Economy Forum
APEC Business Advisory Council
SMEWG Projects in 2013-2014
PRIORITY AREA 2: Finance
APEC SME Trade Finance Conference
United States
APEC Business Advisory Council
APEC SME Ministerial Meeting
APEC Business Advisory Council
PRIORITY AREA 3: Business Environment, Market Access and Internationalization
Business Ethics Capacity Building for SMEs in the
Medical Devices, Construction and Bio-Pharmaceutical
Sectors
United States
APEC Ministerial Meeting
Meeting of APEC Trade Ministers
APEC Business Advisory Council
Directory of Initiatives Used by APEC Economies to
Assist SMEs’ Access to Global Markets
Australia
APEC Business Advisory Council
Research and assessment of prospects for development
of an integrated information tool to stimulate involvement
of SMEs of the Asian-Pacific region into the global trade
system, global production and supply chains
Russia
APEC Business Advisory Council
Multi-Year Projects
Business Ethics for SMEs
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Led by United States, Co-Sponsored by 16 Economies
Responds to Leaders Statement call for business ethics capacity building
8 workshops held in Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Vietnam and the United States
Covering 3 major SME sectors in APEC: construction, biopharmaceutical,
medical device
Global Value Chains (proposed)
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Proposal led by Australia and the United States
Responds to Leaders Statement call for integrating SMEs into global value
chains
6 workshops covering issues of intellectual property rights, human
resources and financing relating to GVC
SMEWG Public-Private Partnership
Activities
1. Business Ethics for APEC SMEs (USA)
1.1 Train-the-Trainer Workshop
1.2 Workshop on Stakeholder Awareness for the
Healthcare Sector
2. APEC Startup Accelerator Initiative – Startup
Leadership Summit (Chinese Taipei)
3. Improving Natural Disaster Resilience of APEC
SMEs to Facilitate Trade and Investment “Guidebook on Promoting SME BCPs
(Chinese Taipei)
SMEWG Public-Private Partnership
Activities
4. Collaboration with Inter-Pacific Bars Association
(IPBA)
– Asia Pacific Lawyers Database for SMEs
– Guidebook on SME Cross Border Activities from
Legal Perspective
– Exchange of Experts
– SMEWG Chair / ABAC / IPBA will discuss details of
collaboration intersessionally.
APEC SME Monitoring Index
Major SMEs Indicators
• SMEs share of GDP
Average: 39.4% (21% - 54%)
• SMEs share of total business population
Average: 97.54%
• SMEs contribution to employment
Average: 63.6% (24.7% - 94.03%)
• SMEs contribution to exports
(2.19% - 41%)
SMEs Internationalization Index will be further developed
and reported by 2016 (the end of 2nd SMEWG Strategic Plan)
Thank You.
Questions?
Wimonkan Kosumas, Ph D.
SMEWG Chair
Deputy Director General
Office of Small and Medium Enterprise
Promotion
Thailand