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2013/SOM1/EC/WKSP/008 Session 3
A Preliminary Mid-Term Progress Assessment on Chinese Taipei’s ANSSR: Plan Implementation for
the Priority Area Regarding SMEs and Women Title
Submitted by: Chinese Taipei
Macro APEC New Strategy for Structural Reform Workshop: Mid-Term Progress in
Implementing ANSSR Jakarta, Indonesia
30-31 January 2013
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A Prelim Mid-term Progress Assessment on Chinese Taipei’s ANSSR Plan
Implementation for the Priority Area Regarding SMEs and Women
Chinese Taipei
APEC Macro ANSSR Workshop: Mid-term progress in implementing ANSSR
Jakarta, IndonesiaJanuary 30-31, 2013
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Table of Contents
I. The guiding plans for Chinese Taipei’s development - “Golden Decade National Vision Plan (2011 – 2020)”- “Mid-Term National Development Plan (2013 – 2016 )”
II. Priority areas of Chinese Taipei’s ANSSR planIII. Participating agencies for Chinese Taipei’s ANSSR planIV. Policy goals of the intended reform programs V. Qualitative and/or quantitative indicators being employedVI. A success story to shareVII. Possible challenges ahead
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Golden Decade and Mid-Term National Development Plans
• Openness & global positioning
• Sci-tech innovation
• LOHASagriculture
• Structuraladjustment
• Shared affluence• Peace & health
• Housing justice• Genderequality
• Clean government reform
• A jump in efficiency and competence
• Cultural & creative activity • Education reform
• Green energy & carbon reduction
• Disaster prevention & response
• Convenient living
• Regional balance
• Sound public finances
• Financial development
• Cross-straitrelations • National security
• Expanding participation
• Upgrading tourism
• Culturalexchanges
Vigorous economy
• Promotingemployment
• Stabilizing prices
• Care for children & elderly
• Ethnic harmonyJust society
Clean and competent
governmentPrime
culture and education
Sustainable environment
Comprehensive development
Cross-strait peace
International amity
• Ecologicalhomeland
• Infrastructure• Sea and air
hubs
• Humanitarianaid
8 Main Visions 31 Themes forPolicy Implementation
HappyChinese Taipei
Attainingprosperity,harmony
and sustainability
Overall Goals
Driving Forces
Innovation
Openness
Structural adjustment
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I. The guiding plans for Chinese Taipei’s development
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Policy Areas on SMEs and Womenwithin the guiding plans for Chinese Taipei development
Justsociety • Gender equality
Vigorous economy • Structural adjustment & Promoting employment
Policy goal:To upgrade SMEs’ competitivenessTo uplift women’s labor participation rate to 51%
Policy measures:To promote upgrading of backbone enterprises via strengthening ICT and R&D capabilitiesTo foster friendly work environment for women by implementing equal rights for employment and providing child care and other essential servicesTo strengthen women’s professional empowerment by implementing inclusive employment programs and providing loans & consultation for women’s start-ups.
Policy goal:To promote women’s rights and eliminate gender discrimination
Policy measures:To implement Gender Equality Policy Guidelines, to fulfill CEDAW’s obligations, and to develop gender mainstreaming toolsTo construct a friendly, happy and healthy living environment for women
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II. Priority Areas for Chinese Taipei’sANSSR Plan (2011-2015)
Promoting more open, well-functioning, transparent, and competitive markets- Public Sector Governance- Competition Policy- Corporate Governance- Ease of Doing Business (EoDB)
To promote job opportunities and vocational training
To foster SMEs development
To improve economic opportunities for women
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III. Participating Agencies for Chinese Taipei’s ANSSR Plan
Director (CEPD)
RDECSMEA(MOEA)
MOFA
Deputy Minister (CEPD)
FTCCEPD FSCDepartment of Gender Equality
FWRPDCEPDOverall
Planning DepartmentCEPD
Manpower Planning
DepartmentCEPDCEDI
Note:Department of Gender Equality, was formally established on January 1, 2012 to take charge of gender issues, part of which were previously under the competent domain of the Department of Social Affairs, Ministry of the Interior.FWRPD: The Foundation of Women’s Rights Promotion and Development
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To build a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial environment for young people and womenTo allocate government’s industrial development resources through selection and focusTo cultivate innovative and venture businesses in the emerging and core industriesTo foster the high growth enterprises which can provide high quality jobsTo construct a supportive network necessary for local industry development
Policy Goals: To foster SMEs development
IV. Policy goals of the intended reform programs (1/2)
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To ensure that all citizens, especially for the disadvantaged groups, should have equal opportunities to thrive in the global market growthTo ensure that future economic development is compatible with gender perspective and transitions to a green economy
Policy Goals: To improve economic opportunities for women
IV. Policy goals of the intended reform programs (2/2)
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V. Qualitative and/or quantitativeindicators being employed (1/5)
Quantitative Indicators
Providing counseling to 10% start-up companies, in which women account for 40% of the beneficiaries
Maintaining 75% of total employment
Maintaining 25% of total sales
Maintaining 10% of total enterprises’ R&D budget input
3,633/8,055≅ 45%
78.9%
29.64%
71.54%
[as of end of year 2011]
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V. Qualitative and/or quantitativeindicators being employed (2/5)
Qualitative Indicators
Creating and maintaining the high-quality and basic environment of incubation and constructing the core capability of incubators for both genders, especially for disadvantaged womenBuilding the blueprint for industrial development according to the focused industrial policyIntegrating the resources of internet service and upgrading the incubation service of SMEsSelecting potential and high-quality businesses, strengthening R&D energies, promoting cross-industry alliances, and expanding market opportunitiesFostering the development of emerging industries / sub-industry clusters and promoting the growth of start-up and potential companiesPromoting industry-academia cooperation, issuing small business innovation voucher, and toning up the R&D energies of SMEs with the focused emerging industries
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V. Qualitative and/or quantitativeindicators being employed (3/5)
Policy measures being taken
Implementing the “Start-up Chinese Taipei” program, so as to establish startup competition platforms, to introduce startup consultation and mentoring services, to sift out viable startup ideas in the early stage, to create experimental venues, and to introduce such mechanisms as idea factories, startup angel clubs, and incubation accelerators, etc.Promoting the “three industries, four reforms” program—the creation of a service-oriented manufacturing industry, an internationalized and high-tech services industry and a specialty oriented traditional industry, and Backbone Industries Upgrade program, etc., so as to optimize industrial structure and to invigorate industrial development.Implementing a system for categorizing incubation centers into two broad types—S&T based and emerging services— to encourage them to develop their own unique operational models and core competences, so as to meet the diverse needs of enterprises.Setting up awards of excellence so as to encourage and select quality enterprises with great potential and to forge SMEs as the backbone for economic development. Implementing the “APEC Start-up Accelerator Initiative (ASA),” which has been approved by AMM and AELM, to promote the growth and development of emerging industriesImplementing the “Small Business Innovation Voucher (SBIV)” program, so as to solicit SMEs and colleges/universities to conduct joint R&D and innovation projects by providing fund subsidies
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V. Qualitative and/or quantitativeindicators being employed (4/5)
Quantitative Indicators
The increasing number of women-owned businesses over time
The annual growth rate of women-owned businesses with export capacity to join domestic and international business networks
Startup loans for young people—financing 467 female applicants with total loan amount of NTD 380 million during Jan. to Aug. in year 2012Phoenix micro-business startup loans for women—financing 316 female applicants with total loan amount of NTD 153 million during Jan. to Aug. in year 2012Providing startup incubation counseling to the indigenous people and having cultivated 11 female entrepreneurs, 21 indigenous artists of village-resident, and 24 women-owned indigenous cultural creative businesses
Establishing “Chinese Taipei Women’s Business Network” to report successful Internet marketing of female-owned businesses via the website and newslettersPromoting “Empowering Employment Program” and “Diverse Employment Development Program”Setting up the “E-window special zone for female entrepreneurs” to help media publicity and product marketing
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V. Qualitative and/or quantitativeindicators being employed (5/5)
Qualitative Indicators
To review economic policies and regulations from the point of view of gender differences and women-owned businesses through the public-private partnership mechanism
To create, promote, and update regulations and practices which foster the development of social and cooperative enterprises
The Department of Gender Equality
Taking charge of comprehensively reviewing CEDAW-related domestic laws and regulations and policies within 3 yearsImplementing and monitoring progress on the APEC San Francisco Declaration.
Holding international seminars and exchange activities to share success stories and formulate related policy measures via PPP effortsCounseling women of rural village to establish the “Tian Ma Ma” Classroom, to develop local rural cuisines and the “Tien Ma Ma” brand name, by incorporating local food and concepts of healthy cooking [As of the end of Year 2012, the program has counseled 140 classes (with 1207 female and 117 male participants) and reached annual revenue of NTD 400 million.]
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VI. A success story to share
http://tianmama.coa.gov.tw/
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VII. Possible challenges ahead
SMEs innovative upgrades and transformation
Improvement of job market inclusivity for women in various highly-paid technology industries
Low labor participation rate for married women
More PPP engagements for women in such special circumstances as confronting domestic violence or being affected by natural disasters or man-made accidents, etc.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Jennifer Fang-Yu [email protected]
Executive Officer, Department of Overall Planning,Council for Economic Planning and Development, Chinese Taipei