1. Country : Name : 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 if the format is printable and saved as PDF format. However, kindly please be in mind that all the elements shown in this format should be included in your report.
Inception Report “Business Development Services (BDS) for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)promotion(B)”
Country :
Name :
Name Organization:
Facebook account (if any)

2. My Organization Name of my organization
Location of your organization & branches
Type of organization (Government/privat e/others)
Department/section and your present post
Number of Staff of your department & division
My organization chart
Department or Position

3. My Duties (Current job/role)
Specific description of your duties

4. 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. Please check （） BDS roles of your organization/division/you
　　BDS Activities
Organization
Division
Your Duty
BDS Provider
(1) Training
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(2)Consultancy
(3)Business Linkage
(4)Technology development/extension
(5)Networking
(6)Information provisions
(7)Entrepreneurship
BDS Facilitator
(1) Provision of services, such as training, advices, to BDS providers
(2) Coordination and collaborative activities among Government, SMEs and BDS Providers
(3) Provide financial support/loan to SMEs or BDS providers
(4) Marketing and promotion of BDS to SMEs
BDS Promoter
Establishment of Certification and Standard for BDS, i.e. Quality Control of BDS, specific products, etc
Setting Regulation for BDS and SME promotion

6. More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Provider
More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Provider *if your organization is not providing BDS, delete this slide.
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.).

7. More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Facilitator
More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Facilitator *if your organization is not functioning as BDS facilitator, delete this slide.
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.).

8. More explanation about your organizational tasks as BDS Promotor to set up business environment *if your organization is not functioning as BDS promotor, delete this slide.
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.

9. 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)

10. Challenges and Strengths
Personal level
Organizational level
Inter-organizational

11. Example of your BDS Please select and explain about one of your programs/projects/schemes supporting SMEs that you are mainly engaged in. Insert some photos to illustrate your case. *if you are not engaged, then select one program/scheme implemented by your department/organization regarding BDS.
Description of project/program (to whom, what, how, for what purpose?)
Cost sharing mechanism (who pays for what?)
Qualifications/Eligibility of SMEs to apply for this scheme
The number of beneficiaries received annually
How is the SME’s needs for BDS identified?
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. Your expectation for this training program and expected effect after the training program
Your expectation for the program
-what I want to learn in this program
Expected effect after the program - How can I utilize the knowledge after the program