Friday (May 31) marked the completion of the two-week second batch ‘SME Cluster Development and Export Consortia’ training program, held at MI headquarters in Khon Kaen. The program was part of the three year ‘Capacity Building for the Integration of CLMV Economies into ASEAN Economic Community 2015’, funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP) …

SME CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT CONSORTIA – REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM, MAY 20-31, 2013, KHON KAEN, THAILAND Read More »

Sponsored by the People’s Government of Yunnan Province of P. R. China, MI’s Trade and Investment Facilitation Division (TIF) conducted a training course entitled, ‘Business Research and Database Development for Chambers of Commerce and Industry along North South Economic Corridors (NSEC),’ from March 25-29, in Khon Kaen, Thailand.  The training was part of a six-month …

REGIONAL TRAINING: BUSINESS RESEARCH AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT FOR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ALONG THE NORTH SOUTH ECONOMIC CORRIDORS (NSEC) – MARCH 25-29, 2013 Read More »

The ‘SME cluster promotion and investor forum’ was held on 19th March 2014 at the Sasin Japan Centre, Bangkok which was jointly organized by the Mekong Institute (MI) and Sasin Japan Center (SJC). The forum was attended by 36 participants comprising of SME clusters from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam and buyers and traders from …

“SME CLUSTER PROMOTION AND INVESTOR FORUM” SUCCESSFULLY CO-ORGANIZED BY THE MEKONG INSTITUTE AND SASIN JAPAN CENTER (SJC) IN BANGKOK, MARCH 19, 2014 Read More »

With the Synthesis and Evaluation Workshop, the two-year joint MI-Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) project on Enhancing Provincial and Local Chambers of Commerce Capacities in Trade and Investment Facilitation along the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) was formally concluded.  The S&E workshop, attended by twenty-six mid-to-senior level officers from provincial chambers of commerce, SME associations and …

SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION WORKSHOP DECEMBER 17, 2012, KHON KAEN Read More »

Building the capacities of business development service (BDS) providers and supporting both the formation. Promotion and integration of SME clusters and export consortia into regional and global value chains will be critical in helping to prepare local targeted groups and businesses in CLMV countries for integration into AEC 2015.  The recent MI, Synthesis and Evaluation …

SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION WORKSHOP ON SME CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT CONSORTIA 28-30 NOVEMBER, KHON KAEN, THAILAND. Read More »

Increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the GMS, will be essential in preparing the CLMVT countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand) economies for integration into the more competitive AEC 2015 economic environment.  Utilizing its vast expertise and experience in SME and value chain development, MI is moving to tackle this …

ACTION RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON SME CLUSTERS AND VALUE CHAIN INTEGRATION TRAINING COMPLETED – 16 NOVEMBER, KHON KAEN, THAILAND. Read More »

The development of SME clusters and export consortia will be a vital tool in enabling SMEs in the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) to take advantage of the increased opportunities for economic growth provided by AEC 2015.  To enable SMEs to be better prepared for AEC integration, MI has recently conducted the Action Research …

LAUNCHING ACTION RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON SME CLUSTERS AND VALUE CHAIN INTEGRATION – NOVEMBER 12-16, KHON KAEN Read More »