Project
The project goal is to enhance the capacity among enterprise
support agencies and to make them capable of providing
services to small and medium enterprises (SME’s) in how to
adopt e-business by using information and communication
technologies (ICT’s) as part of their business practices; and
the project has adopted a two-step approach: SME support
agencies are the primary target group who at the end of
project will be able to carry out e-business support services
for the SME clients they serve. The SME’s are to be considered
as the ultimate beneficiaries of the project contributing the
countries economic development and overall growth. [More
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Prior to the workshop a needs assessment and a desk study of
the current situation has been carried out in support of
making strategic directions based on needs, demand and
thorough analysis of the current situation of e-business
services in the GMS.Objective
The purpose of the workshop was to launch the project with
the concerned stakeholders. The workshop aimed at creating
mutual understanding of the project goals, project commitment
as well as agreement on a common strategy for implementing the
project activities within the given timeframe.
Output
A consolidated note and workshop report prepared that serve as an input for further
implementation of the
project.
Participants
The participants were from the Greater Mekong Subregion
(GMS), GMSARN and UNESCAP staff as well as consultants for the
project.
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