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UNIDO and TELEWORK. Drs. Hans Pruim Chief Business Partnerships and Information Services Small and Medium Enterprises Branch UNIDO. Importance of SMEs. Driving force of industrial development SMEs – support up to 80% employment Employment > income > poverty alleviation
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UNIDO and TELEWORK Drs. Hans Pruim Chief Business Partnerships and Information Services Small and Medium Enterprises Branch UNIDO TELESOL annual review
Importance of SMEs • Driving force of industrial development • SMEs – support up to 80% employment • Employment > income > poverty alleviation • Main target group for UNIDO • Telework mainly with SMEs TELESOL annual review
UNIDO information support • Capacity building for national information networking • To provide value added information services on markets, technologies and business opportunities • To provide cost-effective Enterprise Internet Solutions, including TELEWORK TELESOL annual review
Implementation strategy • Needs assessment and business plan • Capacity building for one-stop-shop - OSS • Extend to rural areas (tele/info centers) • Support to global e-business infrastructure • WISeKey system for e-transaction and e-trust TELESOL annual review
Possible ICT services • Information ( information brokering, business intelligence, technology sourcing/transfer) • ICT Training (corporate training, SME support) • Enterprise Internet Solutions (web consulting, e-commerce, intranet/ extranet, web/database hosting, telework facilitation) TELESOL annual review
UNIDO - ICT support programmes for SMEs Access New business models Needs assessments and gap analysis ICT-assessment studies Information support E-business partnerships ICT Producers/Services ICT Users ITU E-business incubators TELESOL annual review
UNIDO - ICT support programmes for SMEs Access New business models Needs assessments and gap analysis ICT-assessment studies Information support E-business partnerships ICT Producers/Services ICT Users Establishment of sustainable BRCs for value-added info services Business Process Outsourcing Software development (best practices) Training for SMEs ITU E-business incubators Strengthening (on-line) information systems of SME support organizations Security awareness and Registration Authorities SME Application Providers Open Source Software Establishing District Business Resource Centres National secure E-Procurement and E-trade portals Subcontracting for ICT products TELEWORK TELEWORK TELEWORK TELEWORK TELESOL annual review
UNIDO support for TELESOL project and follow-up • National assessments to include telework • Promotion of Telework (Partners, training, tools) • E-readiness software incl. telework (in Russian) • Subcontracting exchange network • (www.unido.org/spx) • Telework contacts and opportunities TELESOL annual review