Output
1) A Pre-Workshop Survey
The pre-workshop survey aims to identify opportunities and challenges that ESG SMEs embrace in their strategy, growth and development.
The pre-workshop survey will help to collect data and information from the participants, relevant stakeholders from focal points, which will be incorporated ino the workshop's discussion sessions and presented to all the speakers and participants at the workshop, serving as a background paper, reference for the workshop's sharing and discussion.
The pre-workshop participants will mainly focus on relevant stakeholders such as association of ESG SMEs, research institutes, think tanks from APEC member economies. The survye will be sent to some economies that might have already promoted ESG successfully; or have strength/advantages/commitments to promote ESG SMEs.
The notes of results from the survey should be used as basic reference for the agenda and be discussed in the Workshop.
The background paper is expected to be 5 pages at minimum excluding annexes.
2) A Full 2-Day Workshop
The workshop is proposed to be held in the 3rd quarter of 2026 in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
The PO will provide a tentative agenda at this stage and work closely with the consultant to develop an efficient agenda focusing on addressing the objectives of the project, including an overview, identifying and addressing challenges, focusing on specific issues that challenge ESG SMEs from various perspectives, discussing and making recommendations.
All APEC member economies’ representatives will be invited to attend as speakers or participants as under APEC's regulations.
Tentative agenda:
Theme 1: An overview
Theme 2: Identifying trends, opportunities and challenges, advantages and disadvantages
Theme 3: Identify areas/resources needed to promote ESG SMEs. Theme 4: Female participation perspectives and discussion.
Theme 5: Sharing experiences, case studies from APEC member economies.
Theme 6: Discussion and Recommendations
(apart from the main themes, there will be Q&A for each session, recap, discussion on how to promote ESG SMEs, delivering and colleting post- workshop evalutation form, etc., ).
3) A Workshop Summary Report
The Workshop Summary Report (minimum of 15 pages excluding annexes) will contain presentations provided by speakers as well as present substantive content such as the best practices, recommendations, case study examples and lessons learned on how to promote ESG SMEs. At least 6 recommendations will also be presented in the Report, at least one of which focuses on gender perspective.
Workshop Summary Report will be APEC Publication.
Outcome
1) The participants are expected to gain a more in-depth understanding of trends, opportunities and challenges, advantages and disadavantages of ESG SMEs.
2) The participants are expected to gain a more insight on approaches on how to promote ESG SMEs for inclusive and sustainable growth and development.
3) Participants feel more confident in promoting ESG SMEs for inclusive and sustainable growth and development.
Participants feel more confident in promoting ESG SMEs for inclusive and sustainable growth and development.
Beneficiaries
Primary beneficiaries include:
-Government officials in charge of SMEs, environment, sustainable growth and development, etc., who might be directly/indirectly involved in promoting ESG SMEs.
Representative from SMEs, cooperatives, or relevant associations such as those from manufacturing, textile, logistics, agriculture, etc.
Secondary beneficiaries include:
-Researchers, representatives from research institutes, NGOs, Chambers (Commerce, Production, Industry, etc.), universities (Economy, Management, Engineering), professional associations (economists, administrators and engineers), other relevant societies, etc.
