- Road shows to interact with locals that are not tech savvy 

- Creating incentives for locals to learn these skills (e.g. Receiving vouchers when signing up for credits) 
-Word-of-mouth by people who have attended the courses 

- Digital ad: Facebook, instagram, or even partner with shopee

Making learning affordable and accessible:
- Provide financial support to people willing to learn but unable to do so
-  Wide range of courses for people to choose from

- No age limit to encourage lifelong learning
- More educational facilities and provide online courses to provide more learning opportunities

- Integrate into student’s curriculum to promote familiarity with system

 Courses available - tailored to fit the current trend that Indonesia is progressing towards

Improvements:
1. Digitalisation in ASEAN can be improved via new digital infrastructure.

2. Digital platformers have the expertise to improve the digital capability of MSMEs and are the key to expansion.

Limitations:
1. Outreach efforts limited due to language barriers.

Recommendations:
1. MSMEs to collaborate with digital platformers to create a framework to communicate with major digital platformers in the region.

2. Provide a platform for local MSMEs to address social concerns.

3. Governments also need to utilise traditional methods to communicate effectively to reach out to the majority of the ASEAN MSMEs, which currently made up of local business circles.

Challenges

How do we even define the market for MSMEs? I.e. Bakso in Malioboro vs Bakso in City Mall serve 2 different markets, have different price points, and have different menu options. 

By aiding MSMEs in such a manner, will it be deemed as anti-competitive by these larger players?

Assuming these questions have been answered, MSMEs can compete with larger players along the following tangent:

Quality of services offered 

VC and Accelerators

A number of studies show that the small business sectors of manufacturing industry experienced growth in businesses that produce certain superior products. It is not only having high added value but also absorbing a number of workforce. In today's complex global economic development, the role of the small industry sector is being more important in the national economy. The essence and efficiency of the sector are larger and have a strategic position, because besides having a comparative advantage is also natural in the form of availability of abundant raw materials, but making the cost of production becomes cheaper and has a weak competitiveness in the face of medium and large entrepreneurs. 

There are five main problems faced by small business in five areas. They are (1) Weak in design; (2) The low productivity caused by the quality of human resources and technology; (3) Frequent fluctuations in raw material supply, both of quality and price; (4). Low awareness of entrepreneurs about Intellectual Property Rights; and (5). The existence of new product market competition. 

MSMEs should improve competitiveness by improving product quality, business licensing, halal certification. MSMEs should develop the efforts to increase creativity and innovation, pay more attention to the distribution of products and MSMEs should be more concerned about the distribution of products.

In developing small business, business managers need to pay attention to the company's circumstances including competence and access to information and competitive advantage by conducting education and training, searching and gathering information as well as developing information facilities. To increase competitive advantage both cost advantage and product differentiation superiority managers must have competence and control information. In addition, for related parties, both government, universities, associations, cooperatives and medium / large companies can conduct guidance and training for craftsmen in both production and managerial fields.  

Key recommendations include: 

Comparison | Singapore | Indonesia
Policies | Foreign policies: The emphasis of government policy on foreign investment in manufacturing.
Local policies: For local SMEs, the priority is to develop policies that encourage the use of technology (Smart nation initiative) and this entails grants to SMEs to utilize new technological products and services to digitize their business operations.

| Indonesia provide loan for the local enterprise to increase their business
Collaboration | Encouraging collaboration with overseas partners: Local firms have been encouraged to set up joint ventures with European companies

“growing through internationalisation remains a top strategy for SMEs, given the increasing domestic competition.”Leung Wai Ling, Chief Executive Enterprise Singapore

Encouraging collaboration within Singapore: MNCs to mentor SMEs: Under the Local Enterprise Upgrading Programme (LIUP), the Economic Development Board brings together local companies and MNCs for the purpose of improving the operating efficiency of participating SMEs, widening their product range and introducing new processes and finally to undertake joint product or process development with the MNCs. Currently, there are more than 130 local firms under the tutelage of 26 MNCs.
Encouraging collaboration between local government agencies: To further support Singapore companies in growing and seizing business opportunities, a new agency – Enterprise Singapore – will be formed through a merger of two key government agencies, SPRING Singapore and International Enterprise Singapore. This new agency, which will be launched this year, will seek to deepen its understanding of the overall needs of industries and enterprises, and expand its networks and partners locally and overseas to benefit local companies.

| local enterprise get a loan from the goverment, the goverment give an investment for them to increase and make their bussines better
Example | Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG): For companies looking to kick-start their adoption of technology with pre-qualified IT solutions and equipment that enhances productivity.

Enterprise Development Grant (EDG): For companies looking for more support as they undertake deeper transformation in business upgrading, innovation and internationalisation.
Ms Agnes Toh runs the Mei Zhen Hakka food stall at the Shunfu Mart Food Centre. She was linked up with a business adviser from one of the SME Centres who gave her suggestions on how she could speed up the preparation of ingredients. By tapping the PIC, she was able to buy a food processor and cutting machine, helping to halve preparation time for dumpling fillings. | KUR (Kredit Usaha Rakyat)