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APEC: Statement on Enhancing SME Competitiveness
Ministers Issue Statement on Enhancing SME Competitiveness
and Innovation
Issued by the APEC Small and Medium
Enterprises Ministerial Meeting
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 15 September 2017 – Ministers from the APEC member economies issued a statement following their meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday to enhance the competitiveness and innovation of the region’s micro, small and medium enterprises in the digital age.
The statement reflects the outcomes of the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting chaired by Viet Nam Minister for Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dzung. It describes joint actions to be taken forward by APEC economies over the next year to enable small business participation in digital-driven trade to improve growth and people’s livelihoods.
Click to view: APEC Small and Medium
Enterprises Ministerial
Statement
Ministers also endorsed an
initiative to be undertaken by APEC economies to foster the
robust and sustainable growth of innovative startups. They
additionally endorsed an APEC Strategy for Green,
Sustainable and Innovative Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs), and a strategy annex.
Click to view: APEC Initiative on Promoting
Innovative Startups
Click to view: APEC Strategy for Green,
Sustainable and Innovative MSMEs, and Annex
The next
APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting will
take place in 2018 in Papua New Guinea.
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