Fostering Business Development and Digitalisation in Georgia
Fostering SME development and digital transformation helps increase productivity, in turn fostering stronger, more diversified and dynamic economies. The Government of Georgia has made significant policy efforts in recent years to build an environment conducive to private-sector development and entr...
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2022.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704926306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Economic context
- SME sector
- COVID-19 impact on SMEs
- 1 Recommendations for Georgia's SME development strategy 2021-2025
- Priority 1: Strengthening the institutional framework and operational environment for SMEs
- State of play
- Way forward
- Promote restructuring and entrepreneurial fresh start
- Apply an SME test in the process of adopting new regulations
- Step up awareness-raising initiatives on changing regulations for SMEs
- Conduct impact evaluation of government-sponsored support programmes
- Broaden statistics on SMEs
- Priority 2: Fostering the development of entrepreneurial skills and raising the entrepreneurial culture of SMEs
- State of play
- Way forward
- Use re-skilling programmes to help laid-off workers transition to new jobs
- Strengthen industry/VET schools linkages
- Foster the development of online-based solutions for VET modules
- Adopt a comprehensive approach to develop digital skills
- Priority 3: Improving access to finance
- State of play
- Way forward
- Adapt COVID-19-related financial support packages to the post-crisis period
- Strengthen the legal environment for alternative and digital financing instruments
- Further develop venture capital and business angels ecosystem
- Broaden financial education initiatives
- Priority 4: Promoting export growth, market access and SME internationalisation
- State of play
- Way forward
- Help SMEs identify market opportunities
- Increase advisory and training capacities to improve knowledge of market requirements
- Help reduce SME shipping costs and time
- Consider expanding use of trade financing options
- Develop e-commerce skills and practices
- Priority 5: Supporting ICT adoption, innovation and R&
- D for SMEs.
- State of play
- Way forward
- Provide indirect financial incentives for innovation
- Introduce financing tools targeted at supporting the digital transformation in non-IT sectors
- Consider demand-side policies
- Deepen research / industry linkages
- Priority 6: Encouraging women's entrepreneurship
- State of play
- Way forward
- Develop gender-tailored support programmes
- Improve data collection on gender-related issues
- Step up awareness-raising activities to bridge the gender gap
- Priority 7: Developing the green economy
- State of play
- Way forward
- Set more concrete definitions and goals in the Strategy document
- Task Enterprise Georgia with leading support for SME greening
- Target efficiency measures to SMEs
- Build capacity and awareness of opportunities from green economy
- 2 Accelerating the digital transformation of SMEs
- Why SME digitalisation matters
- Digitalisation offers countless new opportunities for businesses
- The potential of digitalisation remains untapped, especially among SMEs
- Policymakers have a key role to play to support the digital transformation
- Building an enabling environment
- Improving broadband connectivity
- Creating a regulatory framework for the digital transformation
- E-commerce and consumer protection
- E-signatures
- Digital security, data privacy and protection to enhance trust
- Fostering digital skills development
- Fostering the uptake of digital technologies and services by SMEs
- Non-financial support
- Financial support
- Way forward: Roadmap to accelerate SME digitalisation
- Objective 1: Strengthen the institutional and policy framework for digitalisation
- Adopt a comprehensive National Digital Strategy with clearly defined objectives, actions and resources
- Task one of the existing SME support agencies with leading support for SME digitalisation.
- Objective 2: Improve other framework conditions
- Ensure broadband connectivity of higher quality and at lower prices
- Harmonise regulatory framework with EU standards to allow for more interoperability and exchanges with the EU market
- Enhance digital security to build trust in the digital economy
- Foster digital skills development
- Objective 3: Develop comprehensive support for the digitalisation of non-IT sectors
- Raise awareness of the benefits of digitalisation and build a digital culture among SMEs
- Enable firms to carry out a diagnosis of their digital maturity and needs assessment
- Provide SMEs with non-financial solutions tailored to their needs
- Increase financial support options for the digitalisation of "traditional" firms
- Ensure coordination and cooperation within the digitalisation ecosystem
- References.
