SMEDA organizes training programs, seminars, workshops and conferences of short duration in major cities across the country for raising awareness and capacity building of SMEs. These need based training programs are affordable, appropriate and innovative. These programs are aimed at improving knowledge, skills and competencies in the technical, marketing, financial, compliance, policy, regulatory, legal, commercial and other important functions. These programs help to improve major performance indicators such as productivity, quality, competitiveness and sustainability etc. The results include improvement in export potential, investment promotion, business transparency, human resource development, managerial capacity building etc. These programs help decreasing the level of SME mortality and increasing efficiency.

Functions Brief

  Formulate Policy to encourage the growth of SMEs in the country and to advise the Government on fiscal and monetary issues related to SMEs.

  Facilitation of Business Development Services to SMEs.

  Facilitate the development and strengthening of SME representative bodies associations/chambers.

  Set up and manage a service provider’s database including machinery and supplier for SMEs.

  Conducting sector studies and analysis for sector development strategies.

  Facilitation of SMEs in securing financing.

  Strengthening of SMEs by conducting and facilitating seminars, workshops and training programs.

  Donor assistances for SME development of SMEs through programs and projects.

  Assist SMEs in getting international certifications (such as UL, CE, DIN, JIS, ASME, KS, etc.) for their products and processes.

  Identification of service opportunities on the basis of supply/demand gap.

Training Programmes organized by SMEDA Training Services are effective solutions to improve major performance indicators; productivity, quality, competitiveness, sustainability and knowledge management of SMEs for easier and faster path to ISO compliance and WTO requirements. The results include improvements in export potential, regional investment attractiveness, business transparency, human resource development, managerial capacity and potential of SMEs. This has definitely helped decreasing the level of SME mortality in the regions and increasing efficiency of introduction of innovations and new technologies.

For further details, please write to us at the E-mail address trng@smeda.org.pk