The SME Entrepreneurship Workshop began in July 23, 2007 with the holding of the opening ceremony at the Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) under the sponsorship of APECi Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC). Dr. Lai, Sun-Quae, Director General of Department of Small and Medium Businesses, MOEA gave a speech on e-Commerce Development and Future Trends. Representatives from government and business of PMEs such as Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Thailand attended the Workshop. The representatives are all involved with SMEsi.
The Workshop began on July 23 and ended on July 27, 2007, for a total of five days. Scholars and experts from Chinese Taipei related about successful cases, e-Business Community, marketing skills, managerial skills, customer relationships, and discussions on cases related to e-Business for SME. Additionally, they shared ideas and talked about their experiences. The result was that the participants learned about e-commerce and related issues.
The purpose of holding the SME Entrepreneurship Workshop is to implement the ADOC Project’s objective of strengthening the ICT development of businesses in PMEs. The ADOC Secretariat would like to see that the successful experience of Chinese Taipei could assist with the e-commerce development of PMEs and improve the entrepreneurship environment, so as to decrease the digital divide and increase the digital opportunities.