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Project TELESOL Barbara Kreissler Business Partnerships and Information Services Small and Medium Enterprises Branch UNIDO Kiev, Ukraine 23 – 25 April 2003 1 Project TELESOL UNIDO in brief 2 Project TELESOL • UN specialized agency promoting sustainable industrial development • Core expertise on business development, investment and technology promotion, clean production, quality management and energyefficiency for SMEs • Networks of field offices, investment promotion services, global technology centers and national cleaner production centers • 169 Member States 3 Project TELESOL •HQ in Vienna, Austria •Staff on board: 650 •Regular budget: $ 120 mn •Technical cooperation delivery: $160 mn •2 basic function of UNIDO: (a)GLOBAL FORUM for analyzing, assessing and benchmarking industrial development (b)TECHNICAL COOPERATION SERVICES to developing countries and countries in transition 4 Project TELESOL 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 5 Project TELESOL SMEs information needs • Information on markets and appropriate technologies • Information on business opportunities, incl. trading, investment and subcontracting, telework opportunities 6 Project TELESOL UNIDO Approach - OSS • Establish support structure through publicprivate sector cooperation • Develop demand-driven value-added services • Ensure sustainability through commercial services • Provide value added information services on markets, technologies and business opportunities • Synergize with national, regional and global SME support initiatives and networks 7 Project TELESOL Implementation strategy • • • • Needs assessment Business plan Capacity building for one-stop-shop - OSS Extend to rural areas (tele/info centers) 8 Project TELESOL Possible national services • Information ( information brokering, business intelligence, technology sourcing/transfer) • ICT Training (corporate training, SME support) • Enterprise Internet Solutions (web consulting, ecommerce, intranet/ extranet, web/database hosting, telework facilitation) 9 Project TELESOL UNIDO support for TELESOL project and follow-up • National OSS business plans to include telework • E-readiness software for telework • Global UNIDO exchange platform (www. unido.org/exchange) – telework opportunities • Subcontracting exchange network (www.unido.org/spx) - telework contracts 10 Project TELESOL UNIDO support for TELESOL project and follow-up •E-trust and e-security essential elements of ebusiness, incl. telework •Joint UNIDO-WISeKey Agreement •Registration Authorities - Public Key Infrastructure (digital keys) •Establishment of an e-business support infrastructure 11 Project TELESOL Thank you for your attention 12