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Enhancing SME Development in Pakistan: Role of SMEDA in R&D and Industrial Growth

The Small & Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) in Pakistan plays a crucial role in fostering the growth of SMEs, which constitute 99% of the country’s businesses, contributing significantly to value addition in manufacturing, GDP, exports, and employment. SMEDA serves as the apex policy-making body, facilitating support services and acting as a voice for SMEs within the government. It focuses on building a conducive environment for SMEs through policy changes, investment facilitation, and providing essential resources for innovation and competitiveness.

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Enhancing SME Development in Pakistan: Role of SMEDA in R&D and Industrial Growth

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  1. Small & Medium Enterprise Development AuthorityRole in R & D and Industrial DevelopmentBYMUKESH KUMARManager-Sindh

  2. SMEs in Pakistan • Estimated Number : 3.2 million (99% MSMEs) • Value Addition in Manufacturing: 35% • Contribution to GDP: 30% • Share in manufactured exports: 25% • Contribution in Employment: 99 % Non -agricultural Sector jobs

  3. SMEDA • Apex Policy Making Body for SMEs • Facilitate Support Services to SMEs • Serve as Key Resource Base • Voice of Small Business within the Government • Kick Start economy through aggressive SME support programs

  4. Responsibilities • Facilitate on Policy-making and provide overall Planning relating to SMEs in Pakistan • Protect the interests of SMEs • Identify research parameters and priorities • Conduct professional overall monitoring and evaluation of SMEs • Advise the Federal Government for allocation of funds to identify research and planning priorities

  5. Responsibilities – Contd. • Act as resource base for providing expertise, information, data, statistics necessary for SMEs • Provide, arrange and facilitate support services necessary for SMEs • Establish association of persons, firm, company, body or corporation concerning SMEs in Pakistan • Initiate, take, continue, implement and perform any and all activities for encouraging and facilitating the growth and development of SMEs

  6. Operational Strategy Building a Conducive Environment • Proposing and facilitating changes in Policy and Regulatory Environment • Reducing the Cost of Doing Business • Facilitating Government-SME Interface Developing Sectors and Clusters • Sector Studies, Strategies and Implementation • Cluster Development • Common Facility Centers (CFCs) Provision and Facilitation of Services • Investment Facilitation • Technology, Training, Finance, Business Information, Marketing, and legal support • Productivity and Competitiveness Improvement

  7. Legends Provincial Offices (4) Regional Business Centers (20) Expanding Outreach Mingora Abbotabad Rawalpindi Gurat Sialkot Gujranwala D I Khan Loralai Faisalabad Multan Sukkur Larkana Dadu Hub Hyderabad Gwadar

  8. Why R & D? • To explore new avenues • To understand true potential • To enter export markets • To compete in changing global economic scenario • To make continued progress

  9. Technology Innovation(1/2) • Glass Products Design & Development Center, Hyderabad • Leather Footwear Center, Hyderabad • Foundry Design Center, Lahore • Composite Material Development Center, Sialkot • Sports Products Design & Development Center, Sialkot • AHAN

  10. Technology Innovation(2/2) • Auto parts Design & Development Center, Lahore • Light Engineering Services Center, Faisalabad • Chilies Processing Facility, Kunri • Fruit & Vegetable Processing Unit, Multan

  11. Business Incubation Support • Women Business Development Center, Lahore • Women Business Development Center, Karachi • Gujranwala Business Center • Hyderabad Business Center • Sialkot Business Center • Tameer-Entrepreneurship program

  12. Priority Sectors Gems & Jewelry Dairy Wooden Furniture Sports Goods Marble & Granite Fisheries Surgical Goods

  13. Thank You

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