2018/SMEWG47/001 Agenda Item: 4. Draft Agenda. Purpose: Consideration Submitted by: SMEWG Chair

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1 2018/SMEWG47/001 Agenda Item: 4 Draft Agenda Purpose: Consideration Submitted by: SMEWG Chair 47 th Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group Meeting Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea September 2018

2 Tentative Program 47 th Meeting of the APEC SME Working Group September 2018 Venue: International Convention Center (A106) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea DAY 1: Wednesday 12 September :00 10:30 Session I: Opening and setting the ground 1. Welcome Remarks by the Host Welcoming remarks by Managing Director for SME Corporation Mr. Steven Maken Official Opening and Keynote address by the. Minister for Commerce and Industry Hon. Wera Mori, MP Family Photo 2. Chair s Opening Remarks Mr. Nguyen Hoa Cuong, SMEWG Chair, to outline the meeting objectives Mr. Evan Holley, SMEWG Vice Chair 3. Administrative and Logistic Arrangements The Host to announce administrative and logistics arrangement 4. Adoption of Agenda Chair to invite member economies to endorse the agenda. 5. Report Drafting Process Chair to propose the Report drafting and endorsement process Chair to invite member economies to comment and endorse the process 6. Policy Background 6.1 Recall on Outcomes of the 46th SMEWG Meeting [Chair] 7. Updates on ABAC MSME & Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting (ABAC) 8. Report on ABAC 3 meeting (Vice Chair) 1 P age

3 10:15 10:35 Tea break 9. APEC Secretariat Report [APEC Secretariat] 10:45-12:35 Session II: 2018 Work Plan Overview of 2018 Activities and expected outcomes SMEWG Chair to give a brief introduction. Member Economies to report on their activities. 10. Entrepreneurship, innovation and the internet and digital economy 10.1 Implementation of the Strategy on Green, Sustainable and Innovative MSMEs [Thailand] SME S Enhancing Green MSMEs Competitiveness for a Sustainable and Inclusive Asia-Pacific (Phase I: Tourism and Food sectors)[thailand] 10.2 Implementation of the APEC Initiative on Promoting Innovative Start-ups [Viet Nam] 10.3 Related Projects: SME Riding the Wave of the E-Commerce Trend: Emerging and Expanding Business Options for MSMEs [Thailand] SME A Enhancing the competitiveness of women led MSMEs in the garments and textile sector through innovation and entrepreneurship [The Philippines] SME A APEC Young Entrepreneurs Networking Program[Korea] SME S Promoting IT Adoption in MSMEs APEC SME Center for IT Promotion [China] 11. Market access for SMEs Next Steps in the Implementation of the Boracay Action Agenda to Globalize MSMEs (BAA) including the 2018 Annual Stocktake and Mid-term Review of Progress [Philippines] 11.2 Progress Report on the APEC MSME Marketplace 11.3Compendium on Methodologies for SMEs Internationalization 11.4 Related projects: SME A APEC Online-to-Offline (O2O) Initiative Unleash the Potential of SMEs through Digital Transformation for a Shared Future [Chinese Taipei] SME A Policy Dialogue on sharing best practices in building institutional capacities to promote internationalization of MSMEs and developing competitiveness of MSMEs to go global [Papua New Guinea] 2 P age

4 SME A APEC Capacity Building Workshop on FTA Utilizations by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [Viet Nam] SME S - The 10th APEC SME Technology Conference and Fair (APEC SMETC) [China] 12:35 14:00 Lunch Dining Hall, ICC 14:00-17:30 Cont. Session II: 2018 Work Plan Overview of 2018 Activities and expected outcomes SMEWG Chair to give a brief introduction. Member Economies to report on their activities. 12. Financing for business expansion and capability development: 11.1 Related Projects: SME A Upgrading MSMEs Access to Finance in Digital Age [Viet Nam] 13. Inclusive business ecosystem that supports SME growth 13.1 SME A 2018 APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum Leveraging Technologies to Scale Code of Ethics Implementation for Small and Medium Enterprises [United States] 13.2 SME APEC SME Business Ethics for the Construction-Engineering Sector: Building a Strong Future for SMEs: Cross-Fora Collaboration, Human Capacity, Technology & Certification [United States] 13.2 SME S APEC SME Business Forum [China] 16:00-16:20 Tea break 14. Enhancing SMEWG s Effective and Efficient Operation - SMEWG contribution to the APEC Services Competitiveness Roadmap - on cross fora collaboration is expected. 3 P age

5 15. Project Session 1 y SME APEC Workshop on Harnessing Digital Trade for SMEs [Viet Nam] 15.2 SME APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum: Vision for Sustainable, Dynamic, and Innovative Health Enterprises [United States] 15.3 APEC Financing Opportunities Fair for Women-led MSMEs [Russia, CT] 15.4 Capacity Building Workshop Series on APEC e-instruments utilization-capacity Building Workshop Series 1 on APEC MSME Marketplace utilization [Russia] 15.5 International Fintech Summit: Needs Assessment and Capacity Building [Chile] 15.6 APEC Capacity Building Workshop on WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [Viet Nam] 15.7 APEC SMEs Forum 2019: How Big Data and AI are Driving Business Innovation?[Korea] 18:30 Gala Dinner Dining Hall, ICC DAY 2: Thursday 13 th September :00-10:30 Session III: New proposals and domestic activities 16. New Initiatives and exchange of best practices Members to comment on new proposals (please register) - APEC Online-to-Offline (O2O) Initiative: Empower SMEs to Embrace Digital Transformation. [Chinese Taipei] - APEC Local Innovation Ecosystem Initiative: Revitalization for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Future[Chinese Taipei] - Innovating Accessible Tourism for Inclusive Growth in Chinese Taipei[Chinese Taipei] - Harness the Inclusive Opportunity in Startup Accelerators: The Successful Model of Asia Pacific Accelerator Network [Chinese Taipei] - Serving the SME Community 360 [Hong Kong, China] - SME Provincial Champions [Thailand] - Youth Entrepreneurship Ecosystem [Brunei Darussalam] - Promotion of SME Financing through Utilization of Intellectual Property Assets 4 P age

6 [Japan] - Intellectual-Assets-Based Management [Japan] - Accelerating Singapore Enterprises Growth [Singapore] - Outcomes of 2018 APEC SME Best Practice in Innovation [China] 10:30 10:50 Tea break 10:50-11:50 Session IV: Contributions to 2019 AMM and AELM statements and Preparations for next SME related meetings 17. Contributions of SMEWG to AMM and AELM statements Members to provide inputs no later than 21 September. 18. Preparations for 48 th SMEWG meeting [TBD] th SME Ministerial Meeting [incoming Host Economies] 11:50-12:10 Session V Closing 20. Document classification 21.Chair s Closing Remarks 5 P age