ALLOCATE UP TO 5% OF THE CENTRAL BUDGET TO DIRECTLY MANAGE SME SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
This noticeable content is prescribed in the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BKHDT dated May 10, 2022, guiding a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 80/2021/ND-CP dated August 26, 2021, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Specifically, agencies and organizations providing support for SMEs shall be allocated no more than 5% of the total annual funding from the Central budget to support SMEs in order to conduct the direct management of support activities, including:
Firstly, activities to support SMEs: business trips; overtime payments; communications; organization of meetings and seminars; hiring experts; organization of surveys directly at enterprises to decide on support; activities directly serving the support of SMEs.
Secondly, operations of councils for selection of innovative startup SMEs: review of dossiers and documents of innovative startup SMEs; hiring experts; overtime payments; communications; organization of meetings to evaluate the enterprises’ profiles; meetings to evaluate the results of selection of innovative startup SMEs; other activities directly related to the operations of the councils.
Thirdly, selection of suppliers in accordance with the law provisions on bidding.
Also in accordance with this Circular, consultants shall be free to participate in training courses on standardization of consulting skills, processes and knowledge organized by ministries and ministerial-level agencies.
This Circular takes effect from June 25, 2022.
