RISMEP IPC5
Nonprofit Organization Management - Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Project for Enhancing Regional Integrated. SME (RISMEP) MechanismIn response to the economic crisis in 1997, the government of Thailand, with continued assistance from Japan under a comprehensive agreement between the two governments, implemented a series of small and medium enterprise (SME) development measures. Among the accomplishments are: preparation of the SME Promotional Master Plan in 1999 based on the recommendations by an expert dispatched from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)) of Japan; establishment of the Small andMedium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SMEDB); development of the SHINDAN-SHI (SME management consultant) training and utilization system; enactment of the SME Promotional Law in 2000; and establishment of the Office for Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP) as provided in the law. Thai government developed an intention to expand the BDS delivery system consisting of a one-stop consultation service and an SME support network, whichhad been verified through the pilot project and named as Regional Integrated SME Promotion (RISMEP) mechanism, to other regions. Also, the government saw the need to further enhance the Planned Framework of the Project mechanism in Chiang Mai and Surat Thani later extended in Khon Kaen by improving performance of BDSPs and SPs and promoting SMEs utilization of the one-stop consultation service. Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry (MOI) of Thailand requested JICA for technical cooperation through the Enhancing RISMEP Mechanism.
