Country : Name : Organization: Email: Facebook account (if any) Note) This is just a sample format for your reference to summarize your inception report. You can use any other formats including “word document” format. However, kindly please be in mind that all the elements shown in this format should be included in your report. Inception Report “Strengthening of Business Development Services (BDS) for industrial promotion (C)” Country : Name : Organization: Email: Facebook account (if any)

1. My Organization Name of my organization Location of your organization & branches Type of organization (Government/private/others) Department/section and your present post My organization chart

1. My Duties (Current job/role) Your duties in general Specific description of your duties in terms of BDS

2. Situation analysis of SMEs in your country Current situation of SMEs Some challenges Needs for BDS ※Please insert new slides when necessary for further explanation.

3. Challenges and Strengths of BDS provision at your Personal level Organizational level Inter-organizational Challenges Strengths Personal level Organizational level Inter-organizational

4. More explanation about your BDS tasks Please indicate what kind of BDS activities your organization, division and post are mainly responsible. Multiple and duplicate answer is acceptable.

5. (1) More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Provider If your organization is taking the role of BDS provider, then please explain the details about; What kind of (1)training, (2)Consultancy, (3)Business Linkage, (4)Technical Development, (5)Networking, (6)Information Provision, (7) Entrepreneurship services are offered? To whom are theses services offered? (Client company’s sector, number, size, location) By whom are these offered? (Number, Their background knowledge) How is the SME’S needs for BDS identified? ※Please insert new slides when necessary for further explanation. ※ If your organization is offering some “information” to SMEs as BDS, please show some examples (website, catalogues, booklet etc.).

5. (2) More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS facilitator If your organization is taking the role of BDS facilitator, then please explain the details about; What kind of (1)training, advices to BDS providers, (2)Coordination and collaborative activities among Government, SMEs and BDS providers, (3)Financial Support/loan to SMEs or BDS providers including cost sharing mechanism, (4)Marketing and promotion of BDS to SMEs? To whom and how are theses services offered? ※Please insert new slides when necessary for further explanation. ※ If your organization is offering some “promotion of BDS” to SMEs, please show some examples (website, catalogues, booklet etc.).

5. (3) More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS promotor to set up business environment If your organization is taking the role of BDS promotor, then please explain the details about; What kind of Certification and Standard for BDS i.e. Quality Control of BDS or specific products /people/organization are established by your organization? What kind of Regulation/Deregulation for BDS and SME promotion are made? ※Please insert new slides when necessary for further explanation.

6. Overall Situation Analysis of BDS providers/Facilitator/Promotor’s situation in your country Please identify and fill in the name of institutions in your country as relevant BDS actors and specify what kind of BDS roles( provider/facilitator/promoter) they are taking. The sample answers were written below in red letters. Please delete them and fill your answer after analyzing your country situation.   BDS promoter BDS facilitator BDS Provider Name of the institutions/ Organizations relevant to BDS development in your country (1) Establishment of Certification and standard for BDS Setting (2)Setting Regulation/Deregulation for BDS and SME promotion Provision of training/advices to BDS provider Provide financial support/loan to SMEs or BDS provider Marketing and promotion of BDS/BDS providers to SMEs Direct Provision of services to M/MSEs (1)Training (2)Consultancy (3)Business Linkage (4)Technology development/extension (5)Networking (6)Information provisions (7) Entrepreneurship Governmental institutions/Parastatal Institutions Ministry of Economy and Commerce (1)SME Consultant System (2) SME law Ministry of Agriculture (2) Agriculture accountant system SME Agency SME support center (1)TOT (1) , (2), (3), (5), (6) Science & Technology center (4) Intermediary Institutions Chamber of Commerce/ Business associations／Union／NGOs. joint venture stablished by Private & Public partnership  Camber of Commerce （３）, (5), (7)  NGOs (1)  Business Associations (1), (3), (6) Private sector  Business Consultant (1) (2)  Accountant/ Lawyer (2) (6) Financial Institution (2), (3)

Option: (only If you are engaged in specific program/projects) Description of project/program Progress Any challenges so far Additional materials (e.g. project plan, reports, statistic data) related to the topics specified in this training course. (if any).

7. Your expectation for the Program and expected effect after the Program -what I want to learn in this program Expected effect after the program - How can I utilize the knowledge after the program