First Meeting of the INSME Promoting Committee

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WASME-INSME COOPERATION IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
AND INNOVATION

• First Meeting of the INSME Promoting Committee
• Milan, Italy 7 July, 2003
• Presented by
• Dr. Arun Agrawal
• Secretary General
• World Association for Small Medium Enterprises

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OECD

• Meeting the challenges of globalised markets
  requires a business climate that not only fosters
  start ups and innovativeness, but also
  facilitates small firms growth..
• - OECD backgrounder DSTI/IND/PME (2003)3
• Issued on 29 April 2003 -

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WIPO

• While new products, brands and creative designs
  appear constantly on the markets and are the
  result of continuous human innovation and
  creativity, it is often the SMEs that are the
  driving force behind such innovations..
• - WIPO Publication No. 448E -

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

• Measures to accelerate the technology
  transfer need to focus on bridging the
  information and technology gaps between the
  suppliers and the technology acquirers. SMEs
  need substantial support from intermediaries and
  TT networks in close proximity throughout the
  technology transfer process to be able to benefit
  from such measures.

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INNOVATION

• SMEs must be enabled to focus on both
  incremental as well as radical innovations to
  remain competitive as radical innovations can
  either result in their collapse or provide them
  new great opportunities.

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THE INSME PROCESS

• The Feasibility Report presented at the INSME SG
  Meeting in December 2002 documents empirical
  evidence on the good practices in promoting
  innovations and technology transfer and sets up
  a road map for future INSME initiatives in this
  field.

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THE INSME INITIATIVE
The INSME initiative aims at stimulating SMEs
innovation processes in the global economy by
promoting and strengthening innovation services
and technology transfer for SMEs through
intermediary bodies and their networks..
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WASME INSME COOPERATION
It is in this context that a synergetic
relationship between INSME and WASME, the
leading International NGO of SMEs in the world ,
would be of considerable benefit to both the
institutions in fulfilment of mandates of the
respective organisations.
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WASME INSME COOPERATION

• WASME sees possible cooperation with INSME in two
  phases.
• Initially, in the role of establishing
  forward and backward linkages between lead
  intermediaries and TT Networks in developing
  countries where it has a strong presence, and
  INSME . Some of these are
• Standards and Industrial Research Institute of
  Malaysia
• Shanghai Technology Transfer and Exchange, China

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WASME INSME COOPERATION

• National Research Development Corporation , India
  
• NSIC Technology Transfer Centre, India
• Korea Technology Transfer Centre
• Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka
• Centre for Transfer for Cleaner Technologies,
  Thailand
• Institute for Small Scale Industries ,
  Philippines attached to Technology Application
  Promotion Institute

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WASME INSME COOPERATION

• Disseminating information on INSMEs on- going
  initiatives through
• its widely circulated Newsmagazine World SME
  News and bulletins/newsletters issued by member
  organizations
• its website www.wasmeinfo.org and providing
  hyper links to INSME and its partnering
  intermediaries and TT Networks
• distribution of INSME promotional materials at
  various Conferences organized by it world wide.

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WASME INSME COOPERATION

• In the subsequent stages, WASME could
  undertake major tasks and provide value added
  inputs to INSME with suitable project support.
  These could include
• Undertaking specific assignments involving
  studies ,surveys and analysis
• Undertaking joint projects with INSME and
  intermediaries

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WASME INSME COOPERATION

• Conducting training programmes and workshops
• Acting as a hub in channelising information or
  contents flow between INSME.its network partners
  and other designated agencies
• Documenting successful case studies and best
  practices in the areas of innovation and
  technology transfer

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THE INSME ROAD MAP

• WASME can provide support to INSME in all the
  three phases of its planned evolution
• Support at the Community Model Phase
• Assist in identifying site specific requirements
  and projection of demand side parameters

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THE INSME ROAD MAP

• Support at Service Model Phase
• Assist in preparing and orienting the recipients
  and/or organising the tutoring and training
  programme
• Support at Development Model Phase
• Assist in integrating the indigenous contents in
  the technology package planned for transfer

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Welcome toXIVth International SME Conference
Tel Aviv, Israel September 15-18, 2003

• Opportunities for SMEs in a Globalised World
  Innovative Policies and Programmes

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CONCLUSION

• Judging from INSMEs vision and the ground
  that it has covered within a short span of time,
  it is clear that it has a major role to play in
  the coming years for enabling SMEs to derive
  maximum benefits from technology transfer and
  innovation related processes.
• WASME looks forward to working closely with
  INSME in enhancing the efficacy of services that
  INSME intends to provide to SMEs, directly or
  through intermediaries/networks, in its new
  incarnation as a self-supporting legal entity.

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Thank You For Your Patience

• For further details you are invited to read
  the full paper distributed at the meeting.
• arun_at_wasmeinfo.org