1. 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:
Facebook account (if any)

2. 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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.).

8. 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.).

9. 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.

10. 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)

11. 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).

12. 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