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ASEANSTRATEGIC ACTION PLANFOR SME DEVELOPMENT

2016-2025

ASEANStrategic Action Plan for SME Development

2016-2025

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967. The Member States of the Association are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development 2016-2025Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, November 2015

338.64591. ASEAN – Small Medium Enterprises 2. Economics – Industries

ISBN 978-602-0980-58-4

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TAblE of CoNTENTS

INTroDuCTIoN 1

1.1. Background 1

1.1.1. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in ASEAN 1

1.1.2. Time-Bound Priority of Actions and Pathways 2

1.1.3. The Development Process 3

1.2. Objectives of the Action Plan 3

1.3. Structure of the Post-2015 SAP SMED 4

VISIoN AND GoAlS 6

2.1. Vision and Mission Statement 6

2.2. Strategic Goals and Desired Outcomes 6

2.3. Key Policy Indicators (KPIs) 7

2.4. Actions for Strategic Goals 8

A) Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation 8

B) Increase Access to Finance 9

C) Enhance Market Access and Internationalisation 10

D) Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment 10

E) Promote Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development 11

IMPlEMENTATIoN 12

3.1. Implementation of Action Lines 12

3.2. Monitoring and Evaluation 14

APPENDIx A. 17

Definitions of MSMEs in ASEAN Member States 17

APPENDIx b. 20

List of Action Lines (Projects) for each Action under the Strategic Goals 20

Strategic Goal A) Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation 20

Strategic Goal B) Increase Access to Finance 24

Strategic Goal C) Enhance Market Access and Internationalization 27

Strategic Goal D) Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment 30

Strategic Goal E) Promote Entrepreneurship and Human Capital 34 Development

APPENDIx C. 36

Cross-cutting Action Lines 36

Updating of the ASEAN SME Service Centre 36

Tax and other financial incentive schemes 36

Strengthening for the Sustainability of Micro enterprises 37

1ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development

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1.1. background

ASEAN is now at the final phase of the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint. Under the third pillar “Equitable Economic Development”, the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is highlighted where the progress of SMEs is key towards narrowing the development gap.

The establishment of the AEC, expected by the end of 2015, involves initiatives for regional economic integration. Work to deepen both internal and external integration will continue to evolve beyond 2015. It is anticipated that the enhanced movement of goods, services, investment, capital and skilled labour will attract investment and enhance economic activities in ASEAN. While this will open up new opportunities, at the same time, such benefits of integration must also be fully recognized by SMEs in the ASEAN region.

1.1.1. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in ASEAN

As part of the drive towards equitable economic development, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are of key importance due to the sector’s economic dominance in terms of its share of total establishments (between 88.8% and 99.9%) and its share of total employment (between 51.7% and 97.2%). In contrast to this, its share of total exports remains small (between 10.0% and 29.9%) (Figure 1-1). ‘Micro’ enterprises constitute a substantial number of enterprises in the ASEAN Member States (AMS). However, definitions of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) vary among AMS. Furthermore, the data availability is limited and is fully available only in a few countries. (These figures are based on data collected under the ASEAN SME Policy Index (2014) study, conducted by ERIA, OECD and the ASEAN SME Agencies Working Group (SMEWG)).

figure 1-1 Statistics of MSMEs

Source: ASEAN SME Policy Index (2014): The original data is collected from latest country reports where available.

Figure 1-1 above includes micro enterprises. Due to their significant role in the ASEAN economies, the post-2015 plan will incorporate initiatives related to micro enterprises.

(See Appendix A. Definitions of MSMEs in ASEAN Member States)

1INTRODUCTION

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1.1.2. Time-bound Priority of Actions and Pathways

The establishment of the AEC is expected to bring benefits to the MSMEs. ASEAN’s integration and its openness to the global economy through its free trade agreements (FTAs) will attract investment from multinational corporations (MNCs) or ASEAN’s own indigenous, large-scale enterprises, which provide MSMEs with opportunities including those wrought through value-chain integration. On the other hand, this competitive environment requires local MSMEs to enhance their productivity in order to integrate with the regional/global value chains. MSMEs will need to proactively explore opportunities and be able to take advantage of such opportunities. To cope with this competitive environment, ASEAN MSMEs need to take measures based on the time-bound priority of actions under the Plan:

• First five years: To seamlessly integrate with the AEC and the regional value chains;

• Subsequent five years: To become globally competitive, innovative, inclusive and resilient

At the 26th ASEAN Summit in April 2015 in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi, Malaysia, the importance of strengthening micro enterprises in enhancing MSMEs’ competitiveness and resilience was highlighted. The diversity in the definitions and characterisations of MSMEs means that the issues and challenges they face are varied, and one-size-fits-all policy measures cannot be applied. As such, action lines under each of the actions will be implemented through two pathways1, ensuring that global competitiveness and social inclusion can be realised at the same time:

• Competitive Pathway: Initiatives to enhance the global competitiveness of relatively advanced AMS (i.e. developed AMS, secondary industries, urban areas, medium-size enterprises, etc.) in terms of diversification and innovation (Figure 1-2);

figure 1-2 Time-bound Priority of Actions and Pathways

1 These two pathways come from the “Jakarta Framework” developed by ERIA in 2011.

Seamlessly Integrate to the AEC and Regional Value Chain

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First 5 years (2016-2020)Post Integration Period

Latter 5 years (2021-2025)Global Expansion Period

Globally Competitive, InnovativeInclusive and Resilient

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• Inclusive Pathway: Initiatives to facilitate the transition from the traditional economy (i.e. developing AMS, primary industries, peripheral regions, micro-to-small enterprises, etc.) through industrialisation to raise incomes.

1.1.3. Key Activities of the ASEAN SME Working Group

The Post-2015 SAP SMED has been developed in consultations with AMS SME policymakers, private sector organisations, academia, dialogue partners and multilateral organisations, with funding support from the AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC). The following meetings were held::

• Policy Workshop on 12 September 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia;

• Public-Private Dialogue on 24 November 2015 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, at the side-lines of the 35th ASEAN SMEWG Meeting; and

• Finalisation Meeting on 18 May 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, at the side-lines of the 36th ASEAN SMEWG Meeting.

The Post-2015 SAP SMED was completed at the end of June 2015 and presented to the Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) 3/46 in July 2015. The final version was endorsed by the 47th Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers in August 2015. The Post-2015 SAP SMED will be launched at the 27th ASEAN Summit in November 2015 and its implementation will begin from 1 January 2016.

1.2. objectives of the Action Plan

Given the diversity of ASEAN MSMEs across the region, and the complexity of issues and challenges they will face, it is critical that the MSMEs policies are strategically relevant, taking into account the time-bound priority of actions.

It is also important to design a plan where actions are selected in order to address not only the current issues but also future challenges that ASEAN SMEs and micro-enterprises would face in the next decade.

For this purpose:

• Action lines under each strategic goal are aligned as part of the implementation roadmap with a view to resolving the current issues (issue-based) and achieving the strategic goals (value-driven) which are to be tracked through key policy indicators (KPIs).

• The action lines should be diverse and well-balanced, and provide opportunities for public-private partnerships in the project design.

• The monitoring and evaluation mechanism is a critical element for the successful implementation of the action lines. For the periodic evaluation of progress towards the strategic goals, the applicable KPIs and other performance indicators should be pre-determined and clearly developed. For


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this purpose, a base-line survey should be undertaken to provide comparable data for future years.

For these purposes, and to ensure that co-operative actions generate optimum value over a ten-year period from 2016 to 2025, the post-2015 SAP SMED will serve as a practical implementation guide for the AMS in the following areas:

1.3. Structure of the Post-2015 SAP SMED

The Post-2015 SAP SMED is structured into two parts, namely the Action Plan and the Implementation Roadmap (Figure 1-3).

figure 1-3: Structure of the SME SAP


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The Action Plan sets out the common vision of the member countries, and the mission statement, strategic goals and related desired outcomes and actions through which ASEAN realizes the vision.

The Implementation Roadmap aligns concrete action lines in timelines. It sets the basis for the monitoring mechanisms for who, when, and how to manage the progress of the action lines on an on-going basis.

KPIs provide policy indicators to evaluate the achievement of the strategic goals.


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2.1. Vision and Mission Statement

The vision of the Action Plan embodies a common aspiration that ASEAN wants to realise in the next decade (Figure 2-1).

The mission statement as endorsed by the ASEAN SMEWG is to express their commitment to promoting MSMEs in the region individually and collectively to realise the vision of globally competitive and innovative MSMEs.

These are as follows:

figure 2-1: Vision and Mission Statement

2.2. Strategic Goals and Desired outcomes

The desired outcomes stipulated by the ASEAN SMEWG are as follows, based on the importance of achieving the strategic goals (Figure 2-2).

2VISION AND

GOALS

Mission Statement:

Vision: Globally Competitiveand Innovative MSMEs

By 2025,ASEAN shall create globally competitive,

Resilient and innovative MSMEsSeamlessly integrated to ASEAN community and

Inclusive development in the region


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figure 2-2: Strategic Goals and Desired outcomes

2.3. KPIs

A set of 10 KPIs has been selected for the Post-2015 SAP SMED as a policy tool to evaluate the achievement of the strategic goals (Figure 2-3).

The results of these KPIs will provide AMS with useful information on the effectiveness of the plan and for the future decision-making.

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STRATEGIC GOALS DESIRED OUTCOMES

Promote Productivity,

Technology and Innovation

Enhance Market Access and Internationalization

Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment

Promote Entrepreneurship & Human Capital Development

Productivity

will be enhanced

Industry clusters will be enhanced

Innovation will be promoted as a key competitive advantage

Financial inclusion and literacy will be promoted, and the ability of MSMEs to engage in the financial system will be enhanced

Support schemes for market access and integration into the Global Supply Chain will be further developed

Export capacity will be promoted

Inter and intra-governmental cooperation in terms of policy and regulation will be enhanced

MSMEs’ interests will be promoted andinvolvement in the decision-making processes will be enhanced

Obtaining of permits and business registration will be streamlined

Entrepreneurial education and learning programmeswill be instituted Human capital development for MSMEs will be enhanced especially for women and youth

Institutional framework for access to finance will be developed and enhanced


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figure 2-3: Set of KPIs

Data for the above KPIs are basically available in all the 10 AMSs from national sources, and multilateral organisations (e.g. Asian Development Bank, World Bank, etc.) except for the following:

* 1: ‘Percentage of business loans to SMEs’Data is available for 6 AMS (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam).

* 2: ‘Percentage share of SMEs’ contribution to total national exports Data is available for 4 AMS (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand).

* 3: ‘Percentage of SMEs with investment overseas’Data availability to be confirmed under a separate survey.

* 4: ‘Contribution of SMEs to employment’ (% of workforce employed by SMEs to total national workforce)Data is available for 8 AMS (Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam).

A base-line survey at the beginning of the Plan will be undertaken to provide comparable data.

2.4. Actions for Strategic Goals

A) Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation

Improvements to productivity and technology are considered to be the key drivers to integrate with the production networks of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the region. In addition, MSMEs are considered to perform better when they are allied with other MSMEs or with large enterprises including MNCs. From this perspective, industry clusters would help MSMEs enhance productivity and foster innovation.

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Increase Access to Finance

Enhance Market Access and Internationalization

Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment

Promote Entrepreneurship & Human Capital Development

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Percentage share of SMEs’ contribution to national exports

Percentage of SMEs with investment overseas

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Desired outcomes Actions

A-1)Productivity will be enhanced

A-1-1) Develop enhanced understanding of relevant productivity measures

A-1-2) Promote capital investment

A-1-3) Improve production management skills

A-2)Industry clusters will be enhanced

A-2-1)Enhance industrial linkages among SMEs and between SMEs and large enterprises including MNCs

A-2-2) Promote technology and build capabilities to foster industry clustering

A-3)

Innovation will be promoted as a key competitive advantage

A-3-1) Promote key technology usage and its application to business for innovation

A-3-2) Enhance information on innovation support services

A-3-3) Enhance business-academia collaboration

b) Increase Access to finance

Access to financing from traditional financial institutions is limited due to the lack of credit information. There is a strong need to enhance MSMEs’ financial literacy to make them more aware of financial resources and support programmes available to them. MSMEs need to be encouraged to utilise diversified sources of financing.


B-1)

Institutional framework for access to finance will be developed and enhanced

B-1-1) Improve understanding and strengthen traditional financing infrastructure

B-1-2)

Improve policy environment and measures to foster alternative and non-traditional financing through increasing availability of diversified sources of private financing

B-1-3) Strengthen export financing facilities


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B-2)

Financial inclusion and literacy will be promoted, and the ability of MSMEs to engage in the financial system will be enhanced

B-2-1)Enhance outreach to promote financial inclusion to increase access to both traditional and alternative financing

C) Enhance Market Access and Internationalisation

ASEAN enterprises have limited information on how to access markets, and are not well aware of the issues related to international requirements. Lack of technical knowledge prevents these enterprises from participating in the global value chains, and thus SMEs’ contribution to exports remains small. Providing information platforms and capacity building programmes can therefore play an important role in enhancing their market access, both from the regional and international perspectives.


C-1)

Support schemes for market access and integration into the global supply chain will be further developed

C-1-1) Increase information on regional and global market access and opportunities

C-1-2)Promote partnership with MNCs/large enterprises to increase market access and opportunities

C-1-3) Enhance the use of e-commerce

C-1-4) Promote adoption of international standards of quality to facilitate market access

C-2) Export capacity will be promoted C-2-1) Establish mechanisms to assist in increasing

exports

D) Enhance Policy and regulatory Environment

Inter- and intra-governmental cooperation and orchestration of MSMEs development is important for the regional integration. MSMEs policies and regulations that are aligned and applied in AMS would promote synergies at the regional level. MSMEs are not effectively involved in the institutional framework’s decision-making process. Collaborative actions should be encouraged. From an administrative perspective, less costly and faster registration processes would facilitate and increase start-ups.


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D-1)

Inter and intra- governmental cooperation in terms of policy and regulation will be enhanced

D-1-1)Strengthen the coordination mechanism between public agencies responsible for MSMEs

D-1-2)Develop strategies to align national MSMEs development strategies with the regional strategies

D-2)

MSMEs’ interests will be promoted and involvement in the decision-making processes will be enhanced

D-2-1) Advocate and promote MSMEs participation in policy formulation

D-3)

Obtaining of permits and business registration will be streamlined

D-3-1)Establish a sound system and streamline permit and registration to enable less costly and faster business formation

E) Promote Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development

In a changing environment where global competition is becoming more intense, human capital development is one of the driving forces for MSMEs to succeed. This is especially in respect of business skills and entrepreneurship which the success of determining factors for women and youth to enter the labour market.


E-1)

Entrepreneurial education and learning programmes will be instituted

E-1-1) Promote entrepreneurship education

E-2)

Human capital development for MSMEs will be enhanced especially for women and youth

E-2-1)Enhance management and/or technical skills of women and youth entering into the workforce

E-2-2) Provide a platform to promote and facilitate women’s participation in MSMEs


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3.1. Implementation of Action lines

Once the actions have been formulated for the strategic goals, it is important to determine which action lines should be implemented when, by whom and how under the Implementation Roadmap.

The Implementation Roadmap serves as a suggested regional model which the AMS can further elaborate and fine-tune with concrete action lines according to their specific needs and circumstances.

It is critical to have clarity on the future value to be generated and to identify the sequence of actions that would be most appropriate to resolve the issues faced by the ASEAN MSMEs, and what needs to be done in order to achieve the targets set out by KPIs.

Changing economic environment such as regional integration, industry structure changes, global supply chains are also taken into account in order to determine the priority actions in light of the post-2015 economic outlook for ASEAN.

From the perspective of the current issues and future values, actions lines are formulated in consideration of following essences;

9 Be relevant to the time-bound priority of actions

9 Follow the Competitive Pathway or the Inclusive Pathway

9 Be aware of the availability of funding and technical support from other sectoral bodies, dialogue partners, multilateral organizations, etc.

9 Encourage public-private partnership

9 Consider types of measures*

*Types of measures

1) Financial Scheme2) Human Capital3) Regional-level Harmonization4) Knowledge Sharing/Networking5) Information and Technology6) Laws and Regulations7) Infrastructure

(See Appendix B. List of Action Lines for each Action under the Strategic Goals and Appendix C. Cross‑cutting Action Lines)

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Along with the time-bound priority of actions in the first five years (Post Integration Period) and beyond (Global Expansion Period), each individual action line should be plotted in a timeline considering various factors such as:

9 Project Proponents2 (Country Champions/dialogue partners/donors)

9 Order and sequence of action lines

9 Required time (short-term (‘quick-wins’), medium-term, long-term)

9 Required technical skills

9 Required financial support

9 Types of measures (i.e. Knowledge Sharing, Human Capital, etc.).

At the 35th SMEWG Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia in November 2014, the Meeting welcomed expressions of interest from the SMEWG members to serve as the ‘Country Champions’ for each strategic goal (Table 3-1).

Table 3-1: list of Country Champions

Strategic Goal Country Champion

Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation Thailand, Viet Nam

Increase Access to Finance Malaysia, Lao PDR

Enhance Market Access and Internationalization Singapore, Thailand

Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment Cambodia, Indonesia

Promote Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development

Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Myanmar

The Country Champions shall take a leading role in initiating and/or coordinating the implementation of action lines based on the agreed timelines, in consultations and subject to the agreement of the SMEWG. Task Forces for certain action lines may be set up to ensure timely and targeted deliverables.

The ASEAN Secretariat will render assistance in liaising with dialogue partners and donors in mobilising resources, technical assistance and funds required to support Country Champions and the Project Proponent(s) in implementing the respective actions.

2 Project Proponent is a country or an organization who takes a leading role of implementing an action line.


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3.2. Monitoring and Evaluation

Over the course of 10 years, it is critical to conduct a periodic monitoring and evaluation (Figure 3-1). There are two types of monitoring mechanisms that should be aligned in the Post-2015 SAP SMED:

- Progress Monitoring: Monitoring of action lines against target timeline, budget cost, personnel resources, quality of outputs, and other indicators to ensure the action lines remain on track to deliver expected outputs and to avoid potential failure such as delay of schedule, cost overrun, poor decision-making, and the like.

- Achievement Monitoring: Monitoring of the extent of the achievement of the strategic goals to be measured by KPIs in comparison to the base-line data*.

(Note*) It is suggested to conduct a base-line survey in the first year (2016) to have better comparable data for future evaluation of the achievement of the strategic goals, especially for KPIs whose data is not readily available from AMS or multilateral organisations.

figure 3-1: Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme

As for the progress monitoring, the Country Champions shall work with members of the SMEWG, the ASEAN Secretariat and/or other organisations who act as Project Proponent(s) to coordinate the monitoring of the progress of the action lines (Figure 3-2).

Prior to the end of the first half of the Plan, SMEWG shall review the mid-term achievement, including the KPI achievements, identify issues including possible plan amendments and update a roadmap for the latter half of the Plan (2021-2025).

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)Sa

les

Vary

ing

by

sect

or

Asse

t (U

SD)

< 50

0,00

0

Asse

t (ID

R)

< 10

,000

m

illion

Asse

t (LA

K)<

2,00

0 m

illion

Sale

s (R

M)

< 50

milli

on

Sale

s (R

M)

< 20

milli

onAs

set (

PHP)

< 10

0 m

illion

n/a

Sale

s (ID

R)

< 50

,000

m

illion

Sale

s (L

AK)

< 1,

000

milli

on

(Sou

rce:

ASE

AN M

embe

r Sta

tes)


2016 ‑ 2025

Mya

nmar

Man

ufac

turin

gLa

bour

inte

nsiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

Who

lesa

leR

etai

lSe

rvic

eO

ther

s

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ro e

nter

pris

es

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)n/

an/

an/

an/

an/

an/

a

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)n/

an/

an/

an/

an/

an/

a

Smal

l ent

erpr

ises

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)<

50<

300

< 30

< 30

< 30

< 30

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)

Cap

ital (

Kyat

)

< 50

0 m

illion

Cap

ital (

Kyat

)

< 50

0 m

illion

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 10

0 m

illion

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 50

milli

on

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 10

0 m

illion

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 10

0 m

illion

Med

ium

ent

erpr

ises

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)<

300

< 60

0<

60<

60<

100

< 60

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)

Cap

ital (

Kyat

)

<1,0

00 m

illion

Cap

ital (

Kyat

)

<1,0

00 m

illion

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 30

0 m

illion

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 10

0 m

illion

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 20

0 m

illion

Sale

s (K

yat)

< 10

0 m

illion

(Sou

rce:

ASE

AN M

embe

r Sta

tes)


2016 ‑ 2025

Thai

land

Viet

Nam

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ufac

turin

gW

hole

sale

ret

ail

oth

er S

ervi

ceA

gric

ultu

reM

anuf

actu

ring

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ice

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ro e

nter

pris

es

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)n/

an/

an/

an/

a<

10

< 10

< 10

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)n/

an/

an/

an/

an/

an/

an/

a

Smal

l ent

erpr

ises

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)<

50<

25<

15<

50<

200

< 20

0<

50

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)Fi

x As

set (

THB)

< 50

milli

on

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 50

milli

on

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 30

milli

on

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 50

milli

on

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 20

billi

on

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 20

billi

on

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 10

billi

on

Med

ium

ent

erpr

ises

No.

of w

orke

rs (u

p to

)<

200

< 50

< 30

< 20

0<

300

< 30

0<

100

Oth

er c

riter

ia (u

p to

)Fi

x As

set (

THB)

< 20

0 m

illion

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 1

00 m

illion

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 60

milli

on

Fix

Asse

t (TH

B)

< 20

0 m

illion

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 1

00 b

illion

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 10

0 bi

llion

Cap

ital (

VND

)

< 50

billi

on

(Sou

rce:

ASE

AN M

embe

r Sta

tes)


2016 ‑ 2025

App

endi

x B

. Li

st o

f Act

ion

Line

s (P

roje

cts)

for

each

Act

ion

unde

r th

e S

trat

egic

Goa

ls

Stra

tegi

c G

oal A

) Pro

mot

e Pr

oduc

tivity

, Tec

hnol

ogy

and

Inno

vatio

nC

ount

ry C

ham

pion

s: T

haila

nd a

nd V

iet N

am

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

Line

s Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital

Regiona-level Harmonization

Knowledge Sharing / Networking

Information and Technology

Laws and Regulations

Infrastructure

CI

A-1)

Prod

uctiv

ity w

ill be

en

hanc

ed

A-1-

1)

Deve

lop en

hanc

ed

unde

rstan

ding o

f re

levan

t pro

ducti

vity

meas

ures

1. St

udy o

n pro

ducti

vity e

nhan

ceme

nt an

d org

anisi

ng p

ublic

-pr

ivate

dialog

ues a

nd se

ctora

l roun

dtable

s: ¾

Cond

uctin

g stud

ies on

prod

uctiv

ity, te

chno

logy,

key t

rend

s, an

d poli

cy op

tions

in A

SEAN

with

focu

s on f

our c

ountr

ies

with

the co

oper

ation

of m

ultila

teral

orga

nizati

ons

¾

Orga

nising

publi

c-priv

ate di

alogu

es on

‘pro

ducti

vity’

and

‘quali

ty sta

ndar

d’ wi

th the

coop

erati

on of

publi

c, pr

ivate,

an

d aca

demi

c sec

tors

¾

Cond

uctin

g sec

toral

roun

dtable

s with

busin

esse

s to

impr

ove t

he us

e of te

chno

logy a

nd id

entify

drive

rs of

innov

ation

By 20

18√

○○

A-1-

2)

Prom

ote ca

pital

inves

tmen

t

1. Ide

ntific

ation

and p

romo

tion o

f bes

t pra

ctice

s in r

espe

ct of

fundin

g pro

gram

mes o

n cap

ital in

vestm

ent a

nd fa

cility

leas

ing

By 20

20√

○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

Line

s Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

A-1-

3)

Impr

ove p

rodu

ction

ma

nage

ment

skills

1. Sh

aring

best

prac

tices

/stan

dard

s of b

asic

‘prod

uctiv

ity’

and ‘

quali

ty’ fo

r micr

o ente

rpris

es (

Stre

ngthe

ning m

icro

enter

prise

s)By

2017

√○

A-2)

Indus

try cl

uster

s will

be

enha

nced

A-2-

1)

Enha

nce i

ndus

trial

linka

ge am

ong S

MEs

and b

etwee

n SME

s an

d lar

ge en

terpr

ises

includ

ing M

NCs

1. Sh

aring

of re

giona

l and

glob

al be

st pr

actic

es of

indu

strial

clu

ster d

evelo

pmen

t. By

2017

√○

2. De

velop

ing co

ncep

ts of

spec

ial in

dustr

ial pa

rks/zo

nes t

o fos

ter fo

cus i

ndus

tries w

here

both

SMEs

and M

NCs c

an b

uild

partn

ersh

ips

By 20

23√

○

A-2-

2)

Prom

ote te

chno

logy

and b

uild c

apab

ilities

to

foster

indu

stry

cluste

ring

1. Cr

eatio

n of in

centi

ve pr

ogra

mmes

or aw

ards

for M

NCs/l

arge

en

terpr

ises t

o tra

in loc

al SM

Es (s

uppli

ers,

deale

rs, et

c.) to

en

able

techn

ology

tran

sfer t

o loc

al SM

Es (n

ation

al-lev

el im

pleme

ntatio

n)

By 20

20√

○

2. Sh

aring

best

prac

tices

on ap

prop

riate

techn

ology

adop

tion

amon

g SME

s to s

uppo

rt hig

her p

rodu

ction

capa

bility

in

focus

ed in

dustr

iesBy

2017

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

Line

s Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

A-3)

Innov

ation

will

be

prom

oted a

s a ke

y co

mpeti

tive a

dvan

tage

A-3-

1)

Prom

ote k

ey

techn

ology

usag

e an

d its

appli

catio

n to

busin

ess f

or in

nova

tion

1. En

hanc

emen

t of in

centi

ves f

or in

nova

tion a

ward

s and

kn

owled

ge-b

ased

crea

tive a

nd gr

een i

ndus

tries (

natio

nal-le

vel

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

21√

○

2. Cr

eatio

n of k

nowl

edge

platf

orm

and i

ncen

tives

for f

oster

ing

manu

factur

ing an

d kno

wled

ge-b

ased

indu

stries

by le

vera

ging

on th

e ABI

Net p

latfor

m: ¾

Prov

iding

know

ledge

on pr

oduc

tion t

echn

ology

for

manu

factur

ers

¾

Prov

iding

know

ledge

on di

ffere

nt lev

els of

inno

vatio

n (e.g

. pr

oduc

t inno

vatio

n, pr

oces

s inn

ovati

on, e

tc.)

¾

Enco

urag

ing re

sear

ch co

llabo

ratio

n for

kno

wled

ge-b

ased

cre

ative

indu

stries

¾

Prom

oting

adop

tion o

f gre

en in

itiativ

es an

d tec

hnolo

gy

proc

esse

s to b

usine

ss an

d man

ufactu

ring (

includ

ing ta

x inc

entiv

e)

By 20

20√

√○

○

3. De

velop

ing ca

pacit

y buil

ding p

rogr

amme

s on I

ntelle

ctual

Prop

erty

Righ

ts (IP

R) aw

aren

ess a

nd co

mmer

cialis

ation

for

SMEs

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

18√

○

4. Pr

omoti

on of

post

Geog

raph

ical In

dicati

ons (

GI) p

rogr

amme

s for

SME

GI a

ssoc

iation

s to p

romo

te co

mmer

cialis

ation

(n

ation

al-lev

el im

pleme

ntatio

n)By

2022

√○

5. St

reng

thenin

g ex

isting

Tech

nolog

y Tra

nsfer

Cen

tres w

ith th

e aim

of be

ing ab

le to

comm

ercia

lise n

ew pr

oduc

ts By

2025

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

Line

s Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

A-3-

2)

Enha

nce i

nform

ation

on

inno

vatio

n sup

port

servi

ces

1. De

velop

ment

of an

on-lin

e inte

racti

ve pl

atfor

m for

ASE

AN

busin

ess i

ncub

ation

netw

ork (

ABIN

et) fo

r exc

hang

e of id

eas

and i

nform

ation

By 20

17√

○

2. Pr

omoti

on of

colla

bora

tion b

etwee

n cre

ative

indu

stry a

genc

ies

and S

MEs/e

ntrep

rene

urs t

o adv

ance

the s

kills

of kn

owled

ge-

base

d cre

ative

indu

stries

supp

orted

by th

e use

of IT

-bas

ed

capa

city

By 20

22√

○

A-3-

3)

Enha

nce b

usine

ss-

acad

emia

colla

bora

tion

1. Se

tting u

p a ne

twor

k pro

gram

me fo

r the

prom

otion

of jo

int

colla

bora

tion a

mong

SME

s, lar

ge en

terpr

ises a

nd ac

adem

ia By

2018

√○

2. Es

tablis

hmen

t of p

rogr

amme

s for

unive

rsitie

s to s

hare

their

fac

ilities

with

SME

sBy

2020

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Stra

tegi

c G

oal B

) Inc

reas

e Ac

cess

to F

inan

ceC

ount

ry C

ham

pion

s: M

alay

sia

and

Lao

PDR

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

B)-1

Institu

tiona

l fra

mewo

rk for

acce

ss to

finan

ce

will b

e dev

elope

d and

en

hanc

ed

B-1-

1)

Impr

ove u

nder

stand

ing

and s

treng

then

tradit

ional

finan

cing

infra

struc

ture

1. Co

nduc

ting r

ound

table

discu

ssion

s betw

een S

MEs,

regu

lator

y ag

encie

s, an

d fina

ncing

insti

tution

s to s

hare

curre

nt iss

ues o

n ac

cess

to fin

ance

, suc

h as c

redit

ratin

g, cre

dit sc

oring

, cre

dit

bure

au, s

ecur

ed tr

ansa

ction

law,

micr

ofina

nce,

SMEs

focu

sed

lendin

g, int

erco

mpan

y cre

dits (

acco

unts

rece

ivable

, pro

miss

ory

notes

, facto

ring,

Small

Deb

t Res

olutio

n Sch

eme)

, etc.

By 20

18√

○○

2. De

velop

ing an

infor

matio

n sys

tem fo

r reg

ional

credit

ratin

g (fo

llow

up pr

oject

of “D

evelo

ping a

n ASE

AN B

ench

mark

for

SME

Cred

it Rati

ng M

ethod

ology

”) ¾

Imple

menta

tion o

f a na

tiona

l-leve

l infor

matio

n sys

tem in

ea

ch A

MS ba

sed o

n the

ASE

AN be

nchm

ark m

ethod

ology

¾

Deve

loping

a re

giona

l netw

ork p

latfor

m to

link n

ation

al-lev

el inf

orma

tion s

ystem

s

By 20

25√

○○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

3. De

velop

ing po

licy o

ption

s to e

nhan

ce tr

aditio

nal fi

nanc

ing su

ch

as cr

edit g

uara

ntee s

chem

e ¾

Stud

y on t

he cu

rrent

status

and t

he be

st pr

actic

es

of SM

Es’ a

cces

s to t

radit

ional

finan

cing u

sing S

ME

Scor

ecar

d, etc

. ¾

Prep

arati

on of

a fra

mewo

rk for

insti

tution

al sc

heme

to

imple

ment

credit

guar

antee

By 20

25√

○

4. Ca

pacit

y buil

ding f

or S

MEs,

regu

lator

y age

ncies

, and

finan

cial

institu

tions

in bo

th pu

blic a

nd pr

ivate

secto

rs on

cred

it sc

reen

ing of

SME

s (cre

dit as

sess

ment,

inter

comp

any c

redit

, etc

.), an

d esta

blish

ment

of ins

titutio

nal s

ystem

s to i

mplem

ent

prefe

renti

al loa

ns w

ith cr

edit g

uara

ntees

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

23√

○○

B-1-

2)

Impr

ove p

olicy

en

viron

ment

and

meas

ures

to fo

ster

alter

nativ

e and

non-

tradit

ional

finan

cing

throu

gh in

creas

ing

avail

abilit

y of

diver

sified

sour

ces o

f pr

ivate

finan

cing

1. St

udy o

n poli

cy op

tions

and o

rgan

isatio

n of r

ound

tables

with

va

rious

stak

ehold

ers:

¾

Cond

uctin

g stud

ies o

n poli

cy op

tions

and g

ood p

racti

ces

for eq

uity fi

nanc

e and

alter

nativ

e fina

ncing

for S

MEs a

nd

start-

ups

¾

Cond

uctin

g rou

ndtab

les be

twee

n SME

s, re

gulat

ory

agen

cies,

and fi

nanc

ing in

stitut

ions t

o sha

re be

st pr

actic

es

of alt

erna

tive a

nd no

n-tra

dition

al fin

ancin

g

By 20

18√

○○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

2. Or

ganis

ing bu

sines

s matc

hing e

vents

of lo

cal S

MEs

and i

nves

tors (

includ

ing an

gel in

vesto

rs, ve

nture

capit

al co

mpan

ies, B

OP (B

ase o

f the P

yrami

d) fu

nd, in

dividu

al, et

c.)

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

20√

○○

3. De

velop

ment

of alt

erna

tive fi

nanc

ing fr

amew

orks

and o

n-lin

e int

erac

tive p

latfor

m (n

ation

al-lev

el im

pleme

ntatio

n)By

2023

√

√○

○

B-1-

3)

Stre

ngthe

n exp

ort

finan

cing f

acilit

ies

1. Pr

omoti

on of

trad

e fina

nce s

uch a

s tra

de cr

edit,

expo

rt-or

iented

loan

insu

ranc

e, an

d fac

toring

by le

ading

finan

cial

institu

tions

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

25√

○

B-2)

Finan

cial in

clusio

n an

d lite

racy

will

be

prom

oted,

and t

he

abilit

y of M

SMEs

to

enga

ge in

the

finan

cial s

ystem

will

be

enha

nced

B-2-

1)

Enha

nce o

utrea

ch

to pr

omote

finan

cial

inclus

ion to

incre

ase

acce

ss to

both

tradit

ional

and

alter

nativ

e fina

ncing

1. Sh

aring

best

prac

tices

to fa

cilita

te the

adop

tion o

f acc

ounti

ng

rules

, guid

eline

s, an

d sch

emes

for M

SMEs

By 20

20√

○○

2. De

velop

ing m

icro fi

nanc

ing pr

ogra

mmes

for m

icro

enter

prise

s (St

reng

thenin

g micr

o ente

rpris

es) (

natio

nal-le

vel

imple

menta

tion)

By

2020

√√

○

3. Cr

eatio

n of in

terac

tive o

n-lin

e plat

form

on a

rang

e of fi

nanc

ial

supp

ort a

vaila

ble to

MSM

Es to

mini

mize

infor

matio

n gap

(A

SEAN

SME

Ser

vice C

entre

) By

2018

√○

○


2016 ‑ 2025

Stra

tegi

c G

oal C

) Enh

ance

Mar

ket A

cces

s an

d In

tern

atio

naliz

atio

nC

ount

ry C

ham

pion

s: S

inga

pore

and

Tha

iland

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

C-1)

Supp

ort s

chem

es fo

r ma

rket a

cces

s and

int

egra

tion i

nto th

e glo

bal s

upply

chain

will

be fu

rther

deve

loped

C-1-

1)

Incre

ase i

nform

ation

on

regio

nal a

nd gl

obal

marke

t acc

ess a

nd

oppo

rtunit

ies

1. Pr

omoti

ng an

d inc

reas

ing ou

treac

h on b

enefi

ts of

AEC

to SM

Es

¾

Deve

lopme

nt of

addit

ional

sets

of inf

orma

tion m

anua

ls on

the A

EC ¾

Cond

uctin

g outr

each

even

ts on

the m

arke

t opp

ortun

ities

on A

EC at

natio

nal a

nd re

giona

l leve

ls ¾

Colla

bora

ting w

ith A

SEAN

Bus

iness

Cou

ncils

/busin

ess

asso

ciatio

ns to

prop

agate

infor

matio

n on A

EC ef

fectiv

ely

and p

romo

te ke

y mes

sage

s on S

MEs a

nd m

arke

t op

portu

nities

to en

hanc

e priv

ate se

ctor c

ollab

orati

on

By 20

17√

○○

2. En

hanc

emen

t of

infor

matio

n on m

arke

ts, F

TAs,

and p

otenti

al pa

rtner

s (AS

EAN

SME

Servi

ce C

entre

)By

2018

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

C-1-

2)

Prom

ote pa

rtner

ship

with

MNCs

/ lar

ge

enter

prise

s to i

ncre

ase

marke

t acc

ess a

nd

oppo

rtunit

ies

1. Fa

cilita

tion o

f netw

orkin

g and

partn

ersh

ip be

twee

n SME

s and

lar

ge en

terpr

ises/M

NCs

¾

Stra

tegic

netw

orkin

g amo

ng S

MEs,

MNCs

to en

hanc

e pa

rticipa

tion i

nto th

e glob

al su

pply

chain

thro

ugh o

n-lin

e pla

tform

and b

usine

ss m

atchin

g ¾

Deve

lopme

nt of

mento

r and

men

tee pr

ogra

mmes

betw

een

MNCs

/larg

e ente

rpris

es/S

MEs

By 20

18√

○

2. Su

ppor

t for

busin

ess m

atchin

g and

partn

ersh

ips ¾

Orga

nising

trad

e fair

s/eve

nts to

supp

ort b

usine

ss

match

ing an

d par

tnersh

ips be

twee

n MNC

s and

loca

l SM

Es ¾

Orga

nising

netw

orkin

g and

busin

ess m

atchin

g eve

nts fo

r SM

E CE

Os an

d reg

ional

busin

ess l

eade

rs in

the fo

cuse

d ind

ustrie

s

By 20

19√

○

3. Es

tablis

hmen

t and

prom

otion

of ‘D

igital

Ser

vice H

ub’ th

at wi

ll enh

ance

trad

e sup

ply ch

ain an

d also

impr

ove t

he

comp

etitiv

enes

s of A

SEAN

SME

s in a

low-

cost

mann

er

By 20

21√

○

C-1-

3)

Enha

nce t

he us

e of

e-co

mmer

ce

1. Pr

omoti

ng th

e dev

elopm

ent a

nd ut

ilisati

on of

e-co

mmer

ce

platfo

rms t

o enc

oura

ge ex

pans

ion of

SME

sBy

2020

√○

○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

me

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

C-1-

4)

Prom

ote ad

optio

n of

inter

natio

nal s

tanda

rd

of qu

ality

to fac

ilitate

ma

rket a

cces

s

1. Sh

aring

mod

el str

ategie

s for

SME

s to b

e inte

grate

d into

the

glob

al su

pply

chain

inclu

ding f

ocus

ed in

dustr

ies a

nd

oppo

rtunit

ies fo

r SME

s in t

he va

lue ch

ainBy

2016

√○

2. Ca

pacit

y buil

ding f

or S

MEs o

n inte

rnati

onal

stand

ards

in

coop

erati

on w

ith A

SEAN

Con

sulta

tive C

ommi

ttee o

n St

anda

rds a

nd Q

uality

(ACC

SQ) t

o pro

mote

the ac

credit

ation

by

SME

s

By 20

20√

○

3. Pr

ovidi

ng su

ppor

t for e

xpor

t in re

lation

to ad

optio

n of

inter

natio

nal c

ertifi

catio

n (na

tiona

l-leve

l imple

menta

tion)

By 20

25√

○

C-2)

Expo

rt ca

pacit

y will

be

prom

oted

C-2-

1)

Estab

lish m

echa

nisms

to

assis

t in in

creas

ing

expo

rts

1. Fa

cilita

ting t

he ut

ilisati

on of

Rule

s of th

e Orig

in (R

OO) a

nd

ASEA

N se

lf-cer

tifica

tion s

chem

e for

expo

rtsBy

2019

√○

2. Inc

reas

ing pr

ovisi

on of

advis

ory s

ervic

es/ in

forma

tion o

n ma

rket e

xpan

sion (

both

local

and g

lobal)

by lo

cal b

anks

, ch

ambe

rs of

comm

erce

, etc.

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

18√

○

3. Es

tablis

hmen

t of e

xpor

t clin

ics fo

r SME

s in e

ach A

MS

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By

2020

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Stra

tegi

c G

oal D

) Enh

ance

Pol

icy

and

Reg

ulat

ory

Envi

ronm

ent

Cou

ntry

Cha

mpi

ons:

Cam

bodi

a an

d In

done

sia

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

D-1)

Inter

and i

ntra-

go

vern

menta

l co

oper

ation

in te

rms o

f po

licy a

nd re

gulat

ion

will b

e enh

ance

d

D-1-

1)

Stre

ngthe

n the

co

ordin

ation

me

chan

ism be

twee

n pu

blic a

genc

ies

resp

onsib

le for

MSM

Es

1. Es

tablis

hmen

t of h

igh le

vel c

oord

inatio

n mec

hanis

m be

twee

n ag

encie

s with

resp

onsib

ilities

for M

SMEs

¾

Estab

lishm

ent o

f des

ignate

d exe

cutin

g MSM

Es ag

ency

wi

th an

effec

tive a

nd em

powe

red c

oord

inatio

n and

mo

nitor

ing ro

le ¾

Cond

uctin

g poli

cy w

orks

hop o

n orch

estra

ted M

SME

assis

tance

prog

ramm

es on

a re

giona

l bas

is

By 20

17√

○○

2. De

velop

ment

of co

mpar

able

MSME

stati

stics

thro

ugh a

nnua

l bu

sines

s sur

veys

for K

PI m

onito

ring

By 20

20√

○○

3. Ca

pacit

y buil

ding o

f poli

cy-m

aker

s for

effec

tive a

nd m

utual

intra

- and

inter

-gov

ernm

ental

coop

erati

on an

d coo

rdina

tion i

n ter

ms of

polic

y and

regu

lation

and g

ood g

over

nanc

e iss

ues

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

25√

○○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

D-1-

2)

Deve

lop st

rateg

ies to

ali

gn na

tiona

l MSM

E de

velop

ment

strate

gies

with

the re

giona

l str

ategie

s

1. Cr

eatio

n of a

MSM

E de

velop

ment

prog

ramm

e bas

ed on

an

inter

-gov

ernm

ental

coop

erati

on an

d coo

rdina

tion t

hat w

ill be

come

a re

feren

ce fo

r reg

ional

align

ment

and i

mpro

veme

nt of

natio

nal p

olicie

s and

regu

lation

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

19√

○○

2. De

velop

ing M

SME

polic

y and

imple

menta

tion g

uideli

nes f

or

intra

-and

inter

-gov

ernm

ental

coop

erati

on an

d coo

rdina

tion i

n po

licy a

nd re

gulat

ion:

¾

Orga

nising

polic

y wor

ksho

ps on

orch

estra

ted as

sistan

ce

prog

ramm

es on

a re

giona

l bas

is ¾

Publi

catio

n of g

uideli

nes/h

andb

ook o

n goo

d pra

ctice

s of

MSME

polic

y

By 20

17√

○○

3. Pu

blica

tion o

f an u

pdate

d ASE

AN S

ME P

olicy

Inde

x and

co

untry

repo

rts.

¾

Follo

w up

on th

e exis

ting S

ME P

olicy

Inde

x res

earch

(2

014 v

ersio

n)

¾

Cond

uctin

g SME

polic

y rev

iews i

n pilo

t cou

ntries

¾

Publi

shing

the P

ost-2

o15 v

ersio

n of A

SEAN

SME

Poli

cy

Index

ever

y thr

ee ye

ars

Ever

y 3

year

s√

○○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

D-2)

MSME

s’ int

eres

ts wi

ll be p

romo

ted

and i

nvolv

emen

t in

the de

cision

-mak

ing

proc

esse

s will

be

enha

nced

D-2-

1)

Advo

cate

and p

romo

te MS

ME pa

rticipa

tion i

n po

licy f

ormu

lation

1. Es

tablis

hmen

t of d

edica

ted na

tiona

l MSM

Es la

ws in

all A

MS

and r

egion

al co

oper

ation

agre

emen

t on M

SMEs

whe

re

appli

cable

: ¾

Explo

ring t

he fe

asibi

lity of

an A

SEAN

coop

erati

on

agre

emen

t on M

SMEs

¾

Capa

city b

uildin

g for

MSM

Es as

socia

tions

and c

ivil s

ociet

y or

ganis

ation

s in p

artic

ipator

y poli

cy/ d

ecisi

on-m

aking

¾

Deve

loping

an in

terac

tive p

olicy

mak

ing (I

PM) t

ool b

y us

ing on

-line a

dvoc

acy f

or po

licy d

issem

inatio

n to M

SMEs

an

d que

stion

naire

s to M

SMEs

owne

rs to

identi

fy ke

y iss

ues

By 20

20√

√√

○○

2. Su

rvey a

nd da

ta co

llecti

on of

the m

icro e

nterp

rises

for

inclus

ive ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

(Stre

ngthe

ning m

icro

enter

prise

s)By

2020

√○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

D-3

Obtai

ning o

f per

mits

and b

usine

ss

regis

tratio

n will

be

strea

mline

d

D-3-

1)

Estab

lish a

soun

d sy

stem

and s

tream

line

perm

it and

regis

tratio

n to

enab

le les

s cos

tly

and f

aster

busin

ess

forma

tion

1. Di

ssem

inatio

n and

advo

cacy

abou

t reg

ulatio

ns on

busin

ess

forma

tion a

nd pr

ovisi

on of

infor

matio

n on a

vaila

ble M

SMEs

su

ppor

t to in

forma

l bus

iness

owne

rsBy

2016

√○

○

2. Es

tablis

hmen

t of o

ne-st

op M

SMEs

centr

e in e

ach A

MS

(nati

onal-

level

imple

menta

tion)

By 20

19√

○○

3. Es

tablis

hmen

t and

adop

tion o

f ASE

AN be

nchm

arks

for

startin

g bus

iness

(reg

istra

tion)

, gain

ing co

nstru

ction

perm

its,

and r

egist

ering

prop

erty

By 20

17√

○○

4. De

velop

ment

of A

SEAN

acce

lerato

r too

lkits

and o

n-lin

e ap

plica

tion a

nd re

gistra

tion f

or bu

sines

s star

t-ups

By 20

17√

○○

5. Ca

pacit

y buil

ding o

f poli

cy-m

aker

s in d

esign

ing an

d imp

rovin

g bu

sines

s reg

istra

tion a

nd lic

ense

such

as si

mplifi

catio

n of

busin

ess r

egist

ratio

n pro

cedu

re th

roug

h utili

zatio

n of IT

By 20

17√

√○

○


2016 ‑ 2025

Stra

tegi

c G

oal E

) Pro

mot

e En

trepr

eneu

rshi

p an

d H

uman

Cap

ital D

evel

opm

ent

Cou

ntry

Cha

mpi

ons:

Bru

nei D

arus

sala

m, t

he P

hilip

pine

s an

d M

yanm

ar

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





Infrastructure

CI

E-1)

Entre

pren

euria

l ed

ucati

on an

d lea

rning

pr

ogra

mmes

to be

will

be in

stitut

ed

E-1-

1)

Prom

ote

entre

pren

euria

l ed

ucati

on

1. Re

view

and a

sses

smen

t of a

dopti

on of

the c

ommo

n en

trepr

eneu

rship

curri

culum

By 20

17√

○○

2. De

velop

ment

and m

ainten

ance

of th

e ASE

AN O

n-lin

e SME

Ac

adem

yBy

2018

√○

3. Es

tablis

hmen

t of A

SEAN

-wide

inter

nship

sche

me/po

st-stu

dy

prog

ramm

es in

busin

ess/e

ntrep

rene

ursh

ip By

2021

√○

○

4. Ca

pacit

y buil

ding o

f teac

hers

for e

ntrep

rene

urial

lear

ning

prog

ramm

esBy

2025

√○

○

5. Pr

ovisi

on of

ince

ntive

s to p

rivate

servi

ce pr

ovide

rs for

en

trepr

eneu

rship

educ

ation

By 20

25√

○○

6. Ac

credit

ation

of e

ntrep

rene

urial

lear

ning p

rogr

amme

s in

educ

ation

al pr

ogra

mmes

By 20

25√

○○


2016 ‑ 2025

Desir

ed O

utco

mes

Actio

nsAc

tion

lines

Ta

rget

Ti

meli

ne

Type

s of M

easu

res

Path

way

Financial Scheme

Human Capital





InfrastructureC

I

E-2)

Huma

n cap

ital

deve

lopme

nt for

MS

MEs w

ill be

en

hanc

ed es

pecia

lly

for w

omen

and y

outh

E-2-

1)

Enha

nce m

anag

emen

t an

d/or t

echn

ical s

kills

of wo

men a

nd yo

uth

enter

ing in

to the

wo

rkfor

ce

1. De

velop

ment

of co

mmon

curri

culum

s spe

cifica

lly de

signe

d for

ad

vanc

ed in

dustr

ies in

colla

bora

tion o

f inter

natio

nal in

stitut

ions

(thro

ugh e

-lear

ning v

ia the

ASE

AN O

n-lin

e SME

Aca

demy

)By

2019

√○

○

2. Es

tablis

hmen

t of v

ocati

onal

traini

ng an

d cou

nseli

ng ce

ntres

for

micro

enter

prise

s, wo

men a

nd yo

uth in

colla

bora

tion w

ith th

e pr

ivate

secto

r (St

reng

thenin

g micr

o ente

rpris

es)

¾

Deve

lopme

nt of

Tech

nical

Voca

tiona

l Edu

catio

n and

Tr

aining

(TVE

T) pr

ogra

mmes

in th

e foc

us in

dustr

ies to

me

et ind

ustry

need

s in c

ollab

orati

on w

ith pr

ivate

secto

r ¾

Estab

lishm

ent o

f SME

tech

nical

traini

ng ce

ntres

for

upda

ting o

pera

tiona

l effic

iency

thro

ugh o

n-the

-job t

raini

ng

(OJT

)

By 20

25√

○

E-2-

2)

Prov

ide a

platfo

rm to

pr

omote

and f

acilit

ate

wome

n’s pa

rticipa

tion

in MS

MEs

1. Pr

omoti

on an

d con

venin

g of th

e ASE

AN w

omen

entre

pren

eurs

¾

Annu

al pu

blic-p

rivate

dialo

gue o

n the

prom

otion

of w

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Appendix C.Cross-cutt ing Act ion Lines

Updating of the ASEAN SME Service Centre

Strategic Goal Action Action line Time frame

lead Country

B) Increase Access to Finance

B-2-1)Enhance outreach to promote financial inclusion to increase access to both traditional and alternative financing

3. Creation of interactive on-line platform on a range of financial supports available to SMEs to minimize information gap

2018 Malaysia,Lao PDR

C) Enhance Market Access and Internationalization

C-1-1)Increase information on the regional and global market access and opportunities

2. Enhancement of information on markets, FTAs, and potential partners

2018 Singapore, Thailand

Tax and other financial incentive schemes

Strategic Goal Action Action line Target Timeline

lead Champion


A-1-2) Promote Capital Investment

1. Identification and promotion of best practices in respect of funding programmes on capital investment and facility leasing

By 2020

Thailand, Viet Nam

A-2-2) Promote technology and build capabilities to foster industry clustering

1. Creation of incentive programmes or awards for MNCs/large enterprises to train local SMEs (suppliers, dealers, etc.) to enable technology transfer to local SMEs (National-level implementation)

By 2020

A-3-1) Promote key technology usage and its application to business for innovation

1. Enhancement of incentives for ASEAN SME innovation awards and knowledge-based creative and green industries. (National-level implementation)

By 2021

2. Creation of knowledge platform and incentives for fostering manufacturing and knowledge-based industries by leveraging on the ABINet platform: Promoting adoption of green initiatives and technology processed to business and manufacturing (including tax incentive)

By 2020


2016 ‑ 2025


lead Champion

E) Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment

E-1-1) Promote entrepreneurship education

5. Provision of incentives to private service providers for entrepreneurship education 2025

Brunei Darussalam, Philippines and Myanmar

Strengthening for the Sustainability of Micro enterprises


lead Champion


A-1-3) Improve production management skills

1. Sharing best practices / standards of basic 'productivity' and ' quality' for micro enterprises

By 2017 Thailand, Viet Nam

B) Increase Access to Finance

A-2-1) Enhance outreach to promote financial inclusion to increase access to both traditional and alternative financing

2. Developing micro financing programmes for micro enterprises (National-level implementation) By 2020 Malaysia, Lao

PDR

D) Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment

D-2-1) Advocate and promote MSME participation in policy formulation

2. Survey and data collection of the micro enterprises for inclusive economic development

By 2020

Indonesia, Cambodia

D-3-1) Establish a sound system and streamline permit and registration to enable less costly and faster business formation

1. Dissemination and advocacy about regulation on business formation and provision of information on available MSME support to informal business owners

By 2016

E) Promote Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development

E-2-1) Enhance management and/or technical skills of women and youth entering into the workforce

2. Establishment of vocational training and counselling centres for micro enterprises, woman and youth in collaboration with the private sector

2025

Brunei Darussalam, Philippines and Myanmar

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