Greetings from the UP Institute for Small Scale Industries Center for Creating and Empowering Filipino Entrepreneurs Today & Tomorrow National Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Usaping Pangnegosyo, Ilaw, Salamin at Sandata ng Industryang Pilipino • UP ISSI P Thank you for your attention- Great Teaming , Breakthrough Thinking, Excellent Execution, Great Imagination , Great ENTREPRENEURIAL Solutions Burning SME Issues and Solutions Interaction (BUSISI) Roundtable Discussion on Priming Philippine SMES for the 2015 ASEAN Integration 13 August 2013 Strategic Plan of Action for ASEAN SMEs Development 2010-2015 • SMEs access to finance • SME Internationalization • SME service centre. • SME Marketing and ICT skills • SME human resources development and capacity buildings • Incubator and Local SME Development 2015 ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY • Single market and distribution base • Highly competitive economic region with equitable economic development • Region fully integrated into the global economy. WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY • Deepen and widen our understanding on how we can boost Philippine SMEs for the 2015 ASEAN Integration • Clearly understand where our SMEs are in our readiness for 2015 ASEAN integration • Craft practical and attainable solutions and action points that will enable us to compete effectively