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1 2014/SMEWG39/001 Agenda Purpose: Consideration Submitted by: Chair 39 th Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group Meeting Nanjing, China 3-4 September 2014

2 Provisional Agenda 39 th Meeting of the APEC SMEWG 3 4 September 2014 The Purple Palace, Nanjing, China Plenary Session Day 1: Wednesday, 3 September :00 9:10 Session I Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 1. Welcome Remarks by Host Economy [5 minutes] [China] Mr. Tian Chuan, Deputy Director General Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, to welcome delegates to the 39 th SMEWG meeting 2. Chair s Opening Remarks [10 minutes] [Chair] Mr. Ted Tan, on behalf of Dr. Wimonkan Kosumas SMEWG Chair, to welcome delegates to the 39thSMEWG meeting, and outline the meeting objectives 09:15 10:15 Session II Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 3. Administrative and Logistic Arrangements [5 minutes] [China] Mr. Qin Fei, Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, to outline meeting logistic arrangements for SMEWG meetings and peripheral activities 4. Adoption of Agenda [5 minutes] [Chair] Chair to invite member economies to endorse the agenda 5. Summary Report Drafting Committee [5 minutes] [Chair] Chair to invite member economies to volunteer for the Summary Report Drafting Committee 6. Mid term Report of the 2 nd SMEWG Strategic Plan ( ) [25 minutes] [Chair] Chair s team to review progress on the 2 nd SMEWG Strategic Plan (gaps/kpis) then to invite member economies to discuss further on the future activities (10 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion) 7. Report on Recent Developments at SOM3 [10minutes] [APEC Secretariat] Ms. Ha Phuong, Program Director, to report on relevant developments in APEC 8. Report on SMEWG New Projects in 2014 [10minutes] [APEC Secretariat] Ms. Ha Phuong, Program Director, to report on SMEWG projects related issues 10:15 10:25 Group Photo 1

3 10:25 10:40 Tea Break 10:40 12:50 Session III Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 9. APEC SME Internationalization Monitoring Index [30minutes] [PSU, APEC IEG & Japan] 9.1. Chair to invite Ms. Bernadine Zhang, APEC, Policy Support Unit (PSU) to make a presentation on SME Internationalization, Improving the Understanding of Different Aspects and Related Issues [5 minutes] 9.2. Chair to invite Mr Clarence Hoot, Co Convenor of APEC Investment Experts Group to elaborate on SME International Investment in APEC Region [10 minutes] 9.3. Chair to invite Japan to make a presentation Economic Census: Experiences and Lesson Learnt on Data Collection and Methodology [10 minutes] 10. APEC SMEWG Financial Literacy Survey [15minutes] [Chair] Chair to report on preliminary findings of APEC SMEWG Financial Literacy Survey then to invite member economies to discuss on logical next steps [10 minutes] 11. Sharing Best Practice in Each Priority Area [6 minutes per member economy] Chair to invite member economies to share best practice and report on the new projects related to each priority area (voluntary basis) 11.1 Priority Area 1: Building Management Capability, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation China s Practice in Promoting High Growth SME Development (China) Enhancing SME Innovation through Technology Transfer (Singapore) The strategy of promoting Born Global and High Growth SMEs (Chinese Taipei) Sectoral Game Plan to Catalyze Growth (Malaysia) United States Global Women s Economic Empowerment Initiative (United States) 11.2 Priority Area 2: Financing Financial Literacy for at Risk Women and SMEs (Thailand) Improving Financial Literacy for MSME in Indonesia and infrastructure development for financial inclusion (Indonesia) Financial Support for SMEs at Different Stages of Development (Hong Kong, China) 11.3 Priority Area 3: Business Environment, Market Access and Internationalization Enhancing Business Development Services (BDS) to Cultivate an Enabling Environment for SMEs (China) Promoting Innovative Economy through APEC Co Incubation Initiative (Indonesia) 2

4 On line Export Assistance Programs for SMEs of Korea (Korea) Japan s Recent Policy Focusing on Support for Micro Enterprises (Japan) Improvement of Business Environment and SMEs Internationalization (Russia) 12:50 End of Morning Session 12:50 13:30 Luncheon Jin s Café 13:30 14:30 Session IV Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 12. SMMEs and Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting Report by APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) [20minutes] [ABAC] Chair to invite Ms. Diane Wang, ABAC Representative, to report on recent SMMEs and Entrepreneurship Working Group Meetings [15minutes] 13. Further Collaboration with Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Business Resilience Improvement [20 minutes] [EPWG and UNISDR] Chair to invite Dr. Wei Sen Li, Co Chair of APEC EPWG, and Ms Natalia Tostovrsnik, Associate Expert of UNISDR, to address how regional synergy will make a significant change helping improvement of business resilience and to discuss the next steps on relevant issues [15minutes] 14. APEC SMEWG Chairmanship [20 minutes] [Chair & APEC Secretariat] 14.1 Chair to invite Ms. Ha Phuong to make a presentation on APEC Guidelines and the proposed system for selection of SMEWG Chair and Vice Chair 14.2 Chair to invite all members to endorse the new mechanism for selection of Chair and Vice Chair 14:30 14:55 Tea Break 14:55 15:25 Session V Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 15. Revised APEC SMEWG Hosting System [30 minutes] [Chair & APEC Secretariat] 15.1 Chair to invite Ms. Ha Phuong to make a presentation on the proposed system of hosting SMEWG Meeting and the proposed Revised SMEWG s Terms of Reference 15.2 Chair to invite all members to endorse the revised TOR 3

5 15:25 End of Day 1 of 39 th SMEWG Meeting 18: Welcome Dinner Purple Palace Ballroom End of Day 1 4

6 Day 2: Thursday, 4 September :00 10:00 Session VI Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom 16. Progress Report on APEC SMEWG Projects of Each Priority Areas under APEC SMEWG Strategic Plan [60 minutes] Chair to invite member economies to report on progress of projects under SMEWG Strategic Plan Ongoing Projects [5 minutes each] 16.1 Business Ethics Capacity Building for SMEs in the Medical Devices, Construction and Bio Pharmaceutical Sectors (MYP) (United States) 16.2 APEC Business Ethics Forum Building the Ethics Capacity of SMEs (United States) 16.3 Promoting Innovation Seminar How Smart IPR Policies Can Encourage SMMEs' Research and Development (Thailand) 16.4 Research and Assessment of Prospects for Development of an Integrated Information Tool to Stimulate Involvement of SMEs of the Asia Pacific Region into the Global Trade System, Global Production and Supply Chains (Russia) 16.5 APEC Start ups Accelerator Initiative APEC Accelerator Network (Chinese Taipei) 16.6 APEC Start ups Conference III 2014: Global Thinking to Make Global Business (Peru) 16.7 Promoting SME Development: Assisting Women Owned SMEs Access the Global Market (Australia) Completed Projects [5 minutes each] 16.8 Improving Natural Disaster Resilience of APEC SMEs to Facilitate Trade and Investment (MYP) (Chinese Taipei) 16.9 Financing APEC SME Innovation Workshop Identifying Government Policies that Promote Venture Capital Investment in APEC Economies (Thailand) Enhancing Competitiveness of SME through Innovative Cooperative Business Model CBM (Peru) 10:00 10:15 Tea Break 10:15 11:45 Session VII Lagerstroemia Indica Ballroom Start ups APEC Conference II 2013 Business to Global Market (Peru) Seminar of Financing Innovation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises SMEs (China) th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair (SMETC) (China) APEC SME Business Forum 2014 (China) 1. Report on APEC SME Innovation Promotion Statement [5 minutes] [Chair & China] Chair to invite China to report on the statement which was circulated intersessionally prior 5

7 to the meeting 18. Statements from Observer Economies [10 minutes] [Macao, China etc.] Chair to invite observers to deliver statements 19. Report on Preparations of the 21 st APEC SME Ministerial Meeting [5 minutes] [China] China to report on preparations of the 21 st APEC SME Ministerial Meeting 20. The 40 th APEC SME Working Group Meeting [5 minutes] [United States] Presentation by the United States on the 40 th SMEWG Meeting in Atlanta 21. Handover of Incoming SMEWG Chair for [5 minutes] [Chair] Mr. Ted Tan, on behalf of Dr. Wimonkan Kosumas, to handover SMEWG Chair for to Mr. John M. Andersen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Markets, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, the United States 22. Endorsement of Meeting Report [30 minutes] [APEC Secretariat] 23. Chair s Closing Remark [5 minutes] [Chair] Mr. Ted Tan, on behalf of Dr. Wimonkan Kosumas SMEWG Chair, to bring the meeting to a close 11:45 End of 39 th SMEWG Meeting 11:45 13: 00 Luncheon Jin s Café FIELD TRIP Venue: Suning Commerce Group CO., LTD. & Nanjing Museum 2:00 PM Set off from The Purple Palace Nanjing 2:10 PM Visit Suning Commerce Group CO., LTD. The Growth Path of an Chinese SME 2:40 PM Set off from Suning Commerce Group CO., LTD. 3:00 PM Visit Nanjing Museum Jiangsu Gallery of History and the Chinese heritage boutique 4:50 PM Depart for the Purple Palace Nanjing End of Day 2 6

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