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2018/SMEWG47/004 Agenda Item: 10.3.1

Riding the Wave of the E-Commerce Trend: Emerging and Expending Business Options for

MSMEs

Purpose: Information Submitted by: Thailand

47th Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group Meeting

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea12-13 September 2018

Riding the wave of the e-commerce trend:

Emerging and expanding business options for

MSMEs

Outline

￮ Project Overview￮ Objectives￮ Major Activity Summaries￮ Policy Recommendations

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Project Overview￮ Project Title:

￮ Donor:

￮ Project Overseer:

￮ Project Contractor:￮ Project length:￮ Location:

￮ Riding the wave of the E-commerce trend: Emerging and expanding business options for MSMEs

￮ Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

￮ Office of the Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP)

￮ Kenan Institute Asia￮ January – September 2018￮ Bangkok, Thailand 3

Objectives

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Major Activity Summaries: Workshop￮ Topic:

￮ Date:￮ Participants:

￮ Speakers:

￮ Riding the wave of the e-commerce trend: Emerging and expanding business options for MSMEs

￮ June 4-5, 2018￮ 166 participants;

15 (9%) APEC Delegations 23 (14%) Public Sector93 (56%) Private Sector35 21% Others

￮ 14 speakers, panelists, moderators 5

Policy RecommendationsPolicy Recommendations to improve and promote the adoption of e-commerce for MSMEs:

• Increase digital penetration• Support acquisition of necessary knowhow• Leverage Global e-commerce platforms• Strengthen consumer protection laws• Enhance transport and e-payment

infrastructure• Simplify and harmonize tariff schedules• Provide funding support

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Thank you