Vision Statement:
To be recognized as one of the most representative and effective leading global organisation engaged in the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Mission Statement:
ISSME’s mission is to help create an enabling environment either directly or indirectly for sustainable development of SMEs worldwide.
Objectives:
The main objective of ISSME is to foster, promote and coordinate international cooperation and put in place a framework for sustained growth of SMEs at national, regional and international levels.
Other objectives are as follows:
- Creating an integrated international platform to bolster SMEs.
- Lobbying for pro-SME policies and programmes and enactments as priority sector of the economy.
- Creating an informed understanding about SME sector, challenges of SMEs and opportunities lurking for them.
- Facilitating SMEs to establish new and strengthen existing relationship with their counterparts overseas and generating business opportunities.
- Enhancing the skills of SME owners/managers and their employees as well as capacity development of the SME support institutions to render meaningful services.
- Facilitating SMEs for adoption of modern and environment friendly technologies.
- Sensitizing SMEs for ethical and green business practice.
- Bridging the information gap and digital divide among SMEs.
- Empowering SMEs to become part of the global value chain.
- Helping in policy formulation by finding the status of the SME sector as well as market trends through research studies and surveys.
- Encouraging innovations among SMEs for their sustainable development.