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ASEANSTRATEGIC ACTION PLANFOR 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
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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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Promote Productivity,Technology and Innovation
Increase Access to Finance
Enhance Market Access and Internationalization
Enhance Policy and Regulatory Environment
Promote Entrepreneurship & Human Capital Development
National labor productivity (GDP divided by number of labor)
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Percentage of business loans to SMEs
Percentage share of SMEs’ contribution to national exports
Percentage of SMEs with investment overseas
Time and cost required to start a business (days)
Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 (youth), total (%)
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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.
Desired outcomes Actions
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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Desired outcomes Actions
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.
Desired outcomes Actions
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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Desired outcomes Actions
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.
Desired outcomes Actions
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)
3IMPLEMENTATION
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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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on
n/a
Sale
s (ID
R)
< 2,
500
milli
onSa
les
(LAK
)<
400
milli
on
Med
ium
ent
erpr
ises
No.
of w
orke
rs (u
p to
)<
99<
100
n/a
< 99
< 20
0<
75n/
an/
a
Oth
er c
riter
ia (u
p to
)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)
17ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Mic
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)
18ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
2016 ‑ 2025
Thai
land
Viet
Nam
Man
ufac
turin
gW
hole
sale
ret
ail
oth
er S
ervi
ceA
gric
ultu
reM
anuf
actu
ring
Serv
ice
Mic
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)
19ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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√
○
20ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
21ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
22ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
23ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
○○
24ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
○○
25ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
○
26ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
27ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
○
28ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
29ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
○○
30ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
○○
31ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
√○
32ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
√○
○
33ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
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Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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√
○○
34ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
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
Regiona-level Harmonization
Knowledge Sharing / Networking
Information and Technology
Laws and Regulations
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
omen
in
the w
orkfo
rce ¾
Awar
d for
outst
andin
g MSM
Es, p
artic
ularly
thos
e su
cces
sful in
pene
tratin
g inte
rnati
onal
marke
ts in
conju
nctio
n with
the a
nnua
l ASE
AN aw
ards
By 20
18√
√○
○
2. Pr
omoti
on of
wom
en en
trepr
eneu
rs thr
ough
capa
city b
uildin
g, ma
rket a
cces
s, br
andin
g and
pack
aging
: ¾
Empo
werin
g wom
en to
mov
e up t
he va
lue ch
ain ¾
Capa
city b
uildin
g, ma
rket a
cces
s, br
andin
g, an
d pa
ckag
ing
¾
Supp
ort fo
r the
crea
tion o
f the A
SEAN
bran
d inc
luding
tra
ining
in m
arke
ting a
nd br
andin
g
By 20
20√
○○
35ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
2016 ‑ 2025
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) Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation
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
36ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development
2016 ‑ 2025
Strategic Goal Action Action line Target Timeline
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
Strategic Goal Action Action line Target Timeline
lead Champion
A) Promote Productivity, Technology and Innovation
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