📋 Tender Overview
Project No.: HRDWG_101_2025A
Project TitlePolicies and Practices to Improve the Capacity Building of Entrepreneurs for High-Quality Employment
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth (IERG)
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
144,540
Co-funding Amount
10,000
Total Project Value
154,540
Sponsoring Forum
Human Resource Development Working Group (HRDWG)
Topics
Human Resources Development; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Women's Economic Empowerment
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
China
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Chile; Hong Kong, China; Korea; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Russia; Singapore
Expected Start Date
01/09/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Su Qing
Job Title 1
Chief on International Cooperation
Organization 1
PRC National Entrepreneurship Research Center, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Telephone 1
+8618610265108
Email 1
suqing@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Su Qing
Project Summary
In the context of profound global economic and social transformations, entrepreneurship has become a vital driver for economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development. However, entrepreneurs face multiple challenges at different stages, including policy, funding, technology, and market access. It is expected to improve the capacity building of entrepreneurs which can inspire entrepreneurial willingness, overcome barriers to start up, accelerate the grow-up, and ultimately achieve a multiplier effect of job creation.
This project delivers a 2-day workshop for APEC economies to discuss the challenges and exchange the practices in capacity building of entrepreneurs in four aspects: basic entrepreneurship education, core business skills, green and digital transformation capacity, and inclusive empowerment. The project gathers best practices, addresses challenges, and produces some policy recommendation for all APEC economies, thereby achieving the goal of promoting high-quality and full employment and supporting the APEC region’s broader agenda of innovative development, economic reform, and inclusive growth.
Relevance
Region
Entrepreneurship is a key driver of innovation, economic transformation, and job creation. While APEC economies have introduced various support measures, entrepreneurs continue to face challenges related to policy coordination, access to funding, technology, and markets. It is essential to enhance capacity building of entrepreneurs to overcome all the chall
