1. ASEAN Strategic Action Plan For SMEs by Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria Secretary-General Ministry of International Trade and Industry

2. Core principles of ASEAN MSME Development
Narrow the development gap;
Equitable and inclusive growth 2

3. Time-bound priorities and pathways, implementation roadmap KPIs
MSME Development guided by the ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development , SME SMED 2025
Launched on 21 November 2015 at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit
Holistic approach
Common vision, goals
Time-bound priorities and pathways, implementation roadmap
KPIs 3

4. SAP SMED 2025 has clear implementation timelines and deliverables
First 5 years: to seamlessly integrate into the regional value chains
Next 5 years: to become globally competitive, innovative, inclusive and resilient. 4

5. SAP SMED 2025 will promote entrepreneur development and facilitate integration into regional and global value chains through 5 Strategic Goals
Promote productivity, technology and innovation – championed by Thailand and VietNam
Access to Finance – Malaysia and Laos PDR
Market access and internationalisation – Singapore and Thailand
Enhance policy and regulatory environment – Indonesia and Cambodia
Promote Entrepreneurship and human capital development – Brunei, The Philippines and Myanmar
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SG4
SG5 5

6. All initiatives and programmes developed in collaboration with the private sector and international organisations
Asian Development Bank
World Bank
OECD
ASEAN Business Advisory Council
National SME Development organisations 6

7. Work on increasing access to finance progressing
2 initiatives:
Study on “Enabling Regulatory Framework for Equity Crowd-Funding in ASEAN”: a comparative study covering Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and UK;
ASEAN institutional Framework on access to finance for MSMEs: in collaboration with the OECD. 7

8. National SME Development Council chaired by YAB PM
In Malaysia, SME development managed by SMECorp with the SME Masterplan as the overarching guiding framework.
National SME Development Council chaired by YAB PM
SMECorp as the Central Coordinating Agency
MITI and agencies’ role in SME development
SMECorp, BPU, MATRADE, MAI, MIDA
initiatives such as Groom Big, vendor development, linkage with MNCs and larger companies, Go-Ex 8

9. Up-coming SME programmes
WEEK 21 May-3 June 9

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