ASEAN COOPERATION PROJECT NO. INDSME11002REG Strengthening of Business SMEs and Technology Business Incubators
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5.1. The ABI Network and ASEAN Project Workshop
The ASEAN Business Incubator Network had been starting to form when the research design provided opportunity for TBI respondents to participate in the survey to the neighboring AMS
together with the research Project Team. The inter link among TBI managers from all AMS occurred when a total of 33 visiting managers 2 in model study to Japan, and 31 in baseline study
to all AMS conducted survey to 44 TBI and stakeholder institution respondents 7 TBIs in Japan for the model study, and 37 TBIs and stakeholder institutions in all AMS for the baseline study.
Thus, the interlink among the TBI managers had created the ASEAN Business Incubator Network ABI Network itself.
The ABI Network was later confirmed by the submission of Letter of Statement from 26 TBI around AMS, and 3 TBI Association from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand as listed in the Appendix 7.
Other AMS has not had the TBI association yet. The action was followed up by the endorsement for the establishment of ABI Network from all ASEAN SME WG as presented in the Appendix 8.
The ASEAN Workshop on Strengthening SME Business And Technology Business Incubators was held at Novotel Hotel Bogor, Indonesia on 14-15 June 2013. The workshop Fig. 5.1 was
attended by 10 ASEAN SME WG Focal Points or their representatives, 9 invited TBI from AMS outside Indonesia, 10 invited TBI from Indonesia, other interested TBI from AMS, 2 Japanese
resource persons, 5 ASEAN resource persons, representatives from Government of Indonesia, ASEAN Secretariat and JAIF, representatives from AMS Associations of TBI, and APIN Asia Pacific
Incubator Network, interested TBI SME clients from AMS who exhibited their products, the Project Team and the supporting secretariat.
The ABI Network was launched during the Workshop. The discussion focused on 1 the future platform and program for the ABI Network, 2 the implementation guidelines for the ASEAN TBI
models, and 3 the ASEAN Common Fund. The outcome of the Workshop was presented in the Appendix 9.
5.2. Founding Members, Adoption of ASEAN TBI Models, and Mailing List
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