The Development of e-Business
Development Services for SMEs in Selected ASEAN
Countries and Southern ChinaICT
Applications Section has initiated the project, “The
Development of e-Business Development Services for SMEs
in Selected ASEAN Countries and Southern China (GMS
countries),” with financial support from UNDP and the
Government of Japan.
The project goal is to enhance the capacity among enterprise
support agencies and to make them capable of providing
services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) in how to
adopt e-business by using information and communication
technologies (ICT’s) as part of their business practices. The
project has adopted a two-step approach: SME support
agencies are the primary target group who at the end of
project will be able to carry out e-business support services
for the SME clients they serve; and the SME’s are to be considered
as the ultimate beneficiaries of the project contributing the
countries economic development and overall growth.
The project consists of a range of activities from a baseline
desk study of the current situation and a needs assessment
survey to awareness-raising workshops and actual training of
SME support agencies. The project promotes SME use of ICTs and engagement in
e-business, by working with targeted enterprise support
agencies to develop new and improve existing services to
meet key needs and areas of demand for e-business.
Objectives
The project is
expected, in the medium term, to contribute to poverty
alleviation by increasing the competitiveness of SMEs in
priority sectors. The project aims to: (1) identify
e-business development services needs and strategic
direction for each targeted economy; (2) convince
enterprise support agencies of the need and potential of
e-business development services; (3) improve and equip
e-business development services enterprises; and (4)
create awareness among businesses of the new/improved
e-business development services. Participating
countries
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Myanmar, Viet Nam, Thailand, Yunnan Province of China
Status
Expected to be completed in October 2006 |
