Regional ETrade Bridge Kickoff Meeting

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Regional E-Trade Bridge Kick-off
Meeting E-NABLING SMEs IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN 10-11 November 2003 San
Salvador Presentation by Gultekin
Ozaltinordu Programme Administrator International
Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
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E-Trade Bridge Programme for SMEs Objective To
create internationally competitive e-competent
enterprises, To build e-trade capacities within
the institutions that support them.
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Our Vision The e-Planet
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• Low level of cooperation among the stakeholders.
• Low level of concordance among the several
  strategies.
• Lack of trained cadres of trainers and counselors
  to improve management, export and e-readiness of
  SMEs.

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• Low level of management and export skills.
• Lack of low-cost solutions.

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• Lack of knowledge to use the existing
  infrastructure optimally.
• Lack of products and services developed
  specifically for SME needs.

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National e-Trade Strategy Training
E-nabling SMEs
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E-Trade Bridge Programme Active Countries
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Barbados
Cambodia
Bangladesh
China
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
India
Ecuador
Kazakhstan
Kyrghyzstan
Romania
Philippines
Kenya
Mongolia
TrinidadTobago
Tanzania
Uganda
Tadjikistan
Turkey
South Africa
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
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Gracias Gültekin Ozaltinordu Gultekin_at_intracen.o
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