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2005/SMEWG21/001

Agenda Item: 2

Annotated Agenda

Purpose: Information

Submitted by: SMEWG Chair

/ 21stSmall and Medium Enterprises Working Group MeetingDaegu, Korea
29 – 30 August 2005

ANNOTATEDAGENDA

Twenty-first MeetingoftheAPECSMEWG

29~30August 2005

Daegu, Korea

  1. Chair'sWelcomeOpeningRemarks

TheSMEWGChairwillwelcomethedelegatesto Daegu, Koreaandinformthem on meetingarrangements.

2. AdoptionofAgenda

3. ReportsfromtheAPECSecretariat

TheAPECSecretariatwillbriefthedelegatesontheresultsfromthemeetingsofSOMII, ESCandotherrelevantmeetings and presentanupdateontheactivitieswithinAPECthatareparticularlyrelevanttoSMEsandtheSMEWG.

4. SME WG 2005 Work Plan

The Chair will report on the progressesin theSMEWG 2005 Work Plan.

5. APECMicro-enterprisesActionPlan

TheMicro-enterprisesSubGroupChairwillreportontheoutcomesoftheFifthMESG Meeting.

6. APECAgendaforPromoting InnovationofSMEs

6.1. Presentation on Innovation Policy

Canada to report on the research result of “Innovation in Small Service Firms”

Indonesia will report on Enhancing Availability of Capital to Innovative SMEs

Economies are invited to present their own policy experiences or best practices on SME Innovation.

6.2. Daegu Initiative on SME Innovation Action Plan

Koreawillpresent the draft Daegu Initiative as concrete deliverables of 12th SME ministerial meeting. The Groupwilldiscuss the draft Daegu Initiative and future measures to promote innovations of SMEs in the APEC region.

7. SME WG Management Issue

7.1. Report on the Issue of SMEWG Management Improvement

TheGroup will discuss and decide on measures to improve WG management.

7.2. Independent Assessment

Mr. Lincoln Young, ESC consultant will brief on the process of Independent Assessment.

8. Second APEC/IFIs Policy Dialogue on ECOTECH

TheGroup will discuss the issue of cooperation with IFIs. The second APEC/IFIs policy dialogue will be held on 10 September 2005 in Gyeongju, Korea.

9. Disaster Preparedness

TheGroup will discuss how to respond to and prepare for disasters in the region.

The USA will report on the development of APEC SME Disaster Preparedness Checklist.

10. ImplementationofFrameworkfortheIntegrationofWomeninAPEC

10.1. TheSMEWGGenderFocalrepresentative (USA) will present the Gender Focal Point Network’s Information Training Session

10.2. Malaysia will report on the result of the survey on “Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in APEC Economies 2005.”

11. Reports from APEC SME-Related Programs

11.1. APEC IBIZ Program

Mr. Chris Pelham, Representative of APEC IBIZ will provideanupdateon its activities and make recommendations to SMEWG.

11.2. APEC SMESA Forum

ChinamayreportonthepreparationoftheThird APEC SMESA Forum

12. Cooperation with Other Organizations

12.1. CollaborationwithOECD

New Zealand may report on the progress of APEC-OECD joint project: SME Impediments Monitoring System. (SME 01/2004T)

12.2. CooperationwiththeFinanceMinistersTechnicalWorkingGroup

China will report on the outcome of the Second Annual Meeting of APEC Financial Institutions Dealing with SMEs..

13. Preparations for the 12th APEC SME Ministerial Meeting

The Group will receive a briefing from Korea on the programs and schedule for the Twelfth APEC SME Ministerial Meeting.

The Group will review the draft agenda items and the draft Joint Ministerial Statement

14. APECInteractionwithBusinessCommunity

14.1. APECBusinessAdvisoryCouncil

ABACrepresentativewill provideanupdateontheactivitiesofABAC asrelatedtoSMEs.

14.2. Women Leaders’ Network

WLN Chair will report on the outcomes of the 10th WLN meeting and recommendations on SMEs.

15. ReviewofProjectsUnderwayinSMEWG

15.1. CompletedProjects

15.1.1.APECfundedprojects

SME 01/2004 APEC IBIZ Program (Canada)

SME 06/2004 -APEC Workshop On Bank Rakyat Indonesia International Visitor Program And Microfinance Institution Bazaar.

SME02/2004T - TheNeedandAvailabilityofMicro-FinanceServiceforMicro-Enterprise : BringingMulti-LevelGoodPracticesintoLocalContext (Indonesia)

SME01/2005T - APECWorkshopforSMEProgramManagersonReducingSME'sComplianceCost (Brunei)

SME02/2005T - APECSymposiumonIndustrialClusteringforSMEs (ChineseTaipei)

SME01/2005 - MicroandSmallEnterprisefinancing : atoolformainstreamingtheinformalsector (Peru)

SME02/2005 - EnhancingtheBusinessEnvironmentforMicro-EnterprisesintheAsia-PacificRegion (VietNam)

SME 03/2005- Micro-credit survey on Current Status and Best Practices & APEC Seminar on Micro-credit policies and programs for MEs: Survey and Seminar (Korea)

15.1.2.Selffundedprojects

ASeminar on " “Best Practices on Mentoring Systems : Keys to Reducing APEC SME Loans Default" (Thailand)

ASeminaron "EnvironmentalManagementforAPECMicroEnterprises : TowardSustainableDevelopment" (Thailand)

2005 APECInformatization Forum forSMEs (Korea)

2005 APEC Business Incubation Forum (Korea)

15.2. On-GoingProjects

15.2.1.APECfundedprojects

SME 03/2003T- APEC PECC Entrepreneur Consortium (USA)

SME 01/2004T SME Impediments Monitoring System (New Zealand)

SME 04/2005 – Tsunami Recovery: Vocational Training and Consultancy for MSME Development (Indonesia)

15.2.2. Selffundedprojects

APECEducationFoundation (Korea)

APECSMEBusinessNetworkingPromotionForum (Japan)

ConsumerEducationandProtectionInitiative (CEPI) (USA)

16. NewProjectsfor 2006

ESC Consultant Mr. Lincoln Young will brief members on the APEC Quality Assessment Framework.

16.1. APEC Funded Projects

SME 01/2006 - A Research on the Innovation Promoting Policy for SMEs in APEC : Survey and Case Studies (Korea)

SME 02/2006 - Internship Support Systems for Learning Best Practices in the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises Within APEC Economies (Chile)

SME 03/2006 - Studying Existent Financial and Policy Assistance for Micro-Enterprise Development from Regional and International Institutions to Find Out a Suitable Approach for APEC to Provide Supports for Micro Enterprises (Vietnam)

SME 01/2006T - Enhancing the Market Development of Local Cultural Industries in APEC (Chinese Taipei)

SME 01/2006A- Program Enhancement of APEC-IBIZ (Canada)

16.2. New Project Proposals

Economies are invited to present new proposals for projects for 2006 and beyond

Project proposal APEC TOT (Training of Trainers) on Development of E-Market Place for SMEs(Indonesia)

17. Statement from Observers and Guests

Official Observers(ASEAN Secretariat, PECC and PIF) and Invited Guests(Representative of, TELWG and GPEG) to provide their views

18. Preparations for the 2006 APEC SME Meetings

Viet Nam, as the incoming host economy of APEC, willreport on the 2006 SME meeting schedule, venue and related information.

  1. OtherBusiness

Classification of meeting documents

20. ClosingRemarks

TheChairwillprovideanoverviewontheoutcomesofthemeeting