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Project No. |
SME 06 2011A
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Project Title |
APEC Workshop on SMEs' Access to Technology
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Project Status |
Completed Project
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Publication (if any) |
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Fund Account |
APEC Support Fund
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Sub-fund |
ASF: Science & Technology Development
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Project Year |
2011
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Project Session |
Session 1
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APEC Funding |
53,260
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Co-funding Amount |
6,615
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Total Project Value |
59,875
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Sponsoring Forum |
Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG)
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Topics |
Small and Medium Enterprises
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Committee |
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
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Other Fora Involved |
Not Applicable / Other
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Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved |
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Proposing Economy(ies) |
Indonesia
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Co-Sponsoring Economies |
Korea; Chinese Taipei
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Expected Start Date |
29/04/2011
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Expected Completion Date |
31/12/2012
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Project Proponent Name 1 |
I Wayan Dipta
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Job Title 1 |
Deputy Minister
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Organization 1 |
The Office of Ministry for Cooperatives and SME
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Postal Address 1 |
Jl. MT Haryono Kav. 52-53 South Jakarta - Indonesia
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Telephone 1 |
(62) (21) 794 2721
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Fax 1 |
(62) (21) 794 2861
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Email 1 |
wayan_dipta@yahoo.com
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Project Proponent Name 2 |
Not Applicable
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Job Title 2 |
Not Applicable
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Organization 2 |
Not Applicable
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Postal Address 2 |
Not Applicable
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Telephone 2 |
Not Applicable
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Fax 2 |
Not Applicable
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Email 2 |
Not Applicable
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Declaration |
Not Applicable
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Project Summary |
APEC Workshop on SMEs’ Access to Tehnology is aiming at promoting the knowledge of innovation of APEC member economies in developing the capacity of their stakeholders so that they can serve more SMEs to innovate their technology including the micro enterprises in APEC member economies. The activities include considering and preparing a draft worskhop program; identifying and selecting presenters including individuals from government, Research and Development Center both from private and public institutions, and the univertities. On March – May 2011. Finalizing the list of presenters; consider detailed presentation contents and the overall narrative of the workshop in discussion with the presenters and finalizing logistical arrangements on June-July 2011. The workhop will be held on October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and fiinalize and distribute a workshop report On November 2011
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Relevance |
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been recognized as major and important contributor to economic growth, and has been able to survive in time of crisis. However, the development of SMEs is often overlooked and not many attention given to the need of SMEs to grow and to become sustainable. There are many aspects that become impediments to the development of SMEs, and lack of access to technology is one of the important aspects that should be put into consideration in order to sustain the improvement of their role as an engine for APEC economic growth. The rising concern regarding the development of SMEs in the region is that whether the majority (if not all) of SMEs in especially APEC developing/low income member economies, have full access to the APEC Training and Certification Program or/and to the SME Innovation Center/SMEIC, or to other sources of technology. It is the fact that limited access for SMEs, especially micro and small enterprises in rural areas, to all existing government-sponsored programs, facilitations and services is among current problems faced by the enterprises. By developing SMEs’ access technology, it is expected that it will not only reducing the SMEs’ transaction cost but also improving their competitiveness.
Therefore, the proposed Workshop on SMEs Access to Technology is aimed at finding solutions and developing recommendations at how SMEs should be able to engage and use technology as important tool to create innovations and develop their strength. This particular subject is also raised as one of the key issues in APEC SME Ministerial Meeting in Gifu, Japan in 2010, and the importance of SMEs is also recognized in the Yokohama Declaration and APEC Growth Strategy as important deliverables of APEC Japan 2010.
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Objectives |
This project seeks to hold a workshop on “APEC SMEs’ Access to Technology” in order to promote the innovation knowledge of APEC member economies in developing the capacity of their stakeholders so that they can provide information to more SMEs to innovate their technology (including the micro enterprises) in APEC member economies.
First, the workshop is intended to increase broader understanding among APEC stakeholders of the current needs of SMEs for access to better technology; their current internal constraints (e.g. initial sources and the nature of constraints and interrelationships among the constraints) in upgrading their technologies and in doing innovations; reducing barriers that SMEs face currently to advanced technologies; and current limitations or barriers facing universities, R&D institutes and Large Enterprises/LEs in doing cooperation with SMEs in technology development and innovations;
Second, the workshop will improve APEC stakeholders knowledge of the relationships between current policies and existing institutions and the existing access barriers, internal constraints and limitations by technology sources mentioned above, and policies or regulations associated with improving SMEs’ capability for technology development and innovations and eliminating access barriers for SMEs to sources of technologies, and creating/increasing cooperations between SMEs and universities, R&D institutes and LEs (including multinational companies) through interaction and information sharing (e.g. best practices and lessons learned) among roundtables participants and expert speakers.
The recommendations from workshop (roundtable discussions, one-day seminar and one-day panel discussion) will be included in the Innovation Action Plan (IAP) which will serve as a documentation of Best Practice Policy and will be sent to all related ministries and other key stakeholders in APEC member economies.
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Alignment |
This project is in line with four-year APEC SMEWG Strategic Plan (2009-2012); especially on key priorities of innovation.
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TILF/ASF Justification |
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Beneficiaries and Outputs |
Direct beneficiaries of the project will be the SMEs in APEC economies and policy makers who are in charge of SMEs’ development related to technology and innovations. They include :
1. SMEs owners/producers, who will be represented by business associations of
SMEs. As for Indonesia, the associations include Association of Furniture
Producers, Association of Textile Producers, Association of Small Entrepreneurs.
2. Chamber of Commerce
3. SMEs linked NGOs and other organizations
4. Universities/research institutes which are actively involved in assisting SMEs
and/or doing research on SMEs,
5. Government officials from key related Ministries besides Menegkop, i.e. Ministry
of Industry, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Research and Science, Bappenas.
6. Individual SME experts.
It is expected that they will implement the knowledge that they gain from this seminar to further develop their capacity in innovation and technology, which eventually will increase their competitiveness in global market. It is also expected that this seminar will produce recommendations for guidelines in this particular field to assist variety of stakeholders. This project will also be aimed to establish network between SMEs of different economies to share best practices and experiences in developing innovations and access to technology.
The project output will be recommendations and action plan as to how to engage and develop SMEs’ access to technology in order to increase their capacity to innovation. From this workshop, the policy makers are expected to gain sufficient information on impediments faced by SMEs in developing their capacity and knowledge in innovation,
Specific outputs from this project would be documents/recommendation produced from the workshop which include: (i) to establish Innovation Action Plan (IAP), (iii) to establish and develop practical guidance to assist member economies that will benefit for the SMEs and other private and public stakeholders.
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Dissemination |
Output from the forum will be in the form of documents, will be delivered via email directly to participants, and will be made available on the APEC website and host’s website. Copies of the workshop outcomes will also be distributed via email to relevant APEC fora, including the SCE, EC, and the CTI. Furthermore, outcomes of the workshop will be presented to the next SMEWG meeting.
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Gender |
Women will be well-represented on the steering group for this project and member economies will be encouraged to send women speakers and participants to the workshop. As the project focuses on small and medium sized enterprises in the APEC region, women are likely to benefit both directly and indirectly due to the heavy representation of women within the SME sectors.
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Work Plan |
o March – May 2011: If the project is approved, the Project Overseers will explain the proposed workshop at the SMEWG in Montana, US to seek further comments/advices from other member economies. Prepare and develop draft workshop program and agenda The agenda may include the following elements : ; identify and select presenters and participants which include representatives from APEC Economies and related international organization.
government representatives, research and development center of private and public institutions, and the universities.
o June - July 2011: Finalize the list of presenters, consider detailed presentation contents and the overall narrative of the workshop in discussion with the presenters. Finalize participants list and administrative and logistical arrangements. Circulate the seminar information among SMEWG members and other relevant fora in APEC
o October 2011: Implement the workshop.
o November 2011 : Finalize and distribute a workshop report.
The output of this project will be a forum consisting of three-days activities, namely: (i) one day roundtable, (ii)one day seminar, and (iii) one day panel discussion which will be held in October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(i) Roundtable discussion
The event will invite speakers from R&D institutes, universities, NGOs, SME association, and SME experts, government officials Indonesia and other APEC member economies that are well-known for their success stories on technology development in SMEs, i.e. Japan, the US, China-Taipei and Korea. The purpose of this roundtable are of followings: (1) to discuss current state of the art of technology development in SMEs and the role of R&D institutes and/or universities and other agencies in transferring technology to SMEs; (2) to identify the main constraints facing SMEs in upgrading their technology or in doing innovations; and (3) to examine key factors behind the success stories of technology development in SMEs, including technology transfers from R&D institutes, universities, and large companies to SMEs in economies such as Japan, the US, China Taipei and Korea. Thus, this forum may also facilitate transfer of knowledge on this particular issue among APEC member economies, through sharing of best practices and experiences.. The format of the roundtable would likely include a combination of paper presentations, discussions, and questions and answers from the audience.
(ii) One-day Seminar
The seminar will be open for public and the discussion will focus on government policies to support technology development in SMEs, including government’s efforts to stimulate cooperations between SME and technology providers, e.g. university, R&D institute, etc. The discussion will be based on inputs/recommendations from the roundtable held in previous day. The format of the seminar will also be similar to the roundtable. The purposes of the seminar are the followings: (1) to discuss different experiences from governments in APEC member economies; (2) to discuss main constraints that those different governments have faced in implementing their policies in supporting technology development in SMEs; and (3) to identify common key determinants of successful policy implementations in supporting technology development in SMEs, including open access for SMEs to advanced technologies.
(iii) One-day panel discussion
Panel Discussion on network and policy to foster innovation will be held on the third day of the event, and it is expected that the panel will give recommendations on network and best policies in the economies especially for the developing economies.
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Risks |
There is a potential of low participation from non-travel eligible economies if the timing of the forum does not coincide with other APEC-fora meetings. Identified key speakers and SME experts may not be available for the forum dates. To avoid the risks, as soon as the project approved, project planning committee (PPC) will be created which consist of a project overseer, co-sponsoring APEC economy representatives, APEC project directors for the relevant fora or sub-fora, and the relevant Chair or Vice Chair. The PPC will work on the content of the agenda, participants of the forum, and identification and/or endorsement of speakers/experts.
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Monitoring and Evaluation |
To ensure the successful and transparent conduct of the project, a project committee will carry out check and balance since proposal submitted to APEC Secretariat until the final report and its distribution to all participants and related stakeholders. The committee will also set up time schedule as reference for activities in which the team will focus on.
To ensure that the project outcomes will be achieved and created productive benefits for the participants, there will be group discussions after each presentation by the speakers. Through intensive discussions we will recognize whether the participants have: i) gained understanding on the objectives of the workshop; (ii) share the knowledge and experiences regarding SMEs access to technology and innovation; (iii) create strategy that promotes the importance of technology to support SMEs efforts in innovation; (iv) contribute ideas as inputs for SMEs stakeholders in developing policies that support the development of SMEs.
Evaluation questionnaires will be used as feed back from the workshop to evaluate the process, contents, speakers and outcomes, that will be useful for improvement for future work.
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Linkages |
All APEC for a related to SMEs and related stakeholders, including experts from international organizations specialized in SMEs will be conducted for the dissemination of the information. This project can also learn some lessons and make use of previous APEC projects such as APEC SME Green Innovation Workshop in Korea, 18-22 October 2010 and series of workshop conducted under Daegu Initiatives as outcomes of APEC SMEMM in 2005. We will also encourage and include women’s participation in the workshop and will work closely with representatives of GFPN.
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Sustainability |
It is expected that through this workshop, the participants will be encouraged to convey the report development of SMEs in each Economies’ in expanding access to technology and innovation to be reported and shared as best practices in the annual Ministerial Meeting of SME as well as in SMEWG.
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Project Overseers |
Mr I Wayan Dipta Deputy Minister of Research & Development for Cooperatives & SME Resources, Ministry for Cooperative and SME, Indonesia is the PO that will be supported by Martono Djohari as Assitant Deputy of R& D for SMEs and Prof. Tulus Tambunan from Center for Industry, SME and Business Competition Studies Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti., Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Cost Efficiency |
The project will increase competitiveness of APEC’ SMEs through the implementation of effective policy on SME’s access to technology.
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