Complementary to its report on “Non-Aligned Movement: Addressing Digital Divide”, a workshop was organized by NAM CSSTC to address the problems faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in NAM member countries in taking advantage of the facilities of electronic commerce.

A number of issues were identified around two main themes: first, the lack of compatibility of laws and legal systems in NAM member countries to facilitate the increase in inter-country trade and, second, that SMEs in developing countries need a systematic support system to be able to obtain various types of training, e.g. management, technical and technology, assistance to explore new markets and to obtain additional capital. These will be the subjects of the NAM CSSTC work programme for 2002.
 

• Brief Report

• Attachment 1: List of Experts and Participants

• Attachment 2: List of Papers

• Attachment 3: Agenda of the Workshop

• Attachment 4: Proceedings

• Attachment 5: Identified Specific Actions

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  Report SME