SME Toolkit It’s free and easy to use. Just search or browse the categories for the information you need. About the SME ToolkitA project of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, the SME Toolkit offers free business management information and training for small businesses / small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on accounting and finance, business planning, human resources (HR), marketing and sales, operations, and information technology (IT). The SME Toolkit offers a wide range of how-to articles, business forms, free business software, online training, self-assessment exercises, quizzes, and resources to help entrepreneurs, business owners, and managers in emerging markets and developing countries start, finance, formalize, and grow their businesses. Success Story: Streamlining Business Processes(Provided by the International Finance Corporation) Ms. Anjana Tamrakar is the Executive Director of Creative Women’s Craft (CWC) and a consultant and freelance trainer in the fields of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, and Microcredit and Enterprise Development. Familiar with the plight of low-income women in Nepal, Ms. Tamrakar decided to set up a business to assist them. As she had expertise in Nepali paper manufacturing, she founded CWC in 1997. CWC produces, with low-income women’s help, a wide range of paper products for sale in Nepal and abroad. CWC exports its products to a number of countries, including the USA, Canada, and Austria. BizMantra, the SME Toolkit in Nepal, holds promotional workshops at regular intervals to familiarize Nepalese SMEs with the Nepalese version of the Toolkit and to help them improve their business processes. Ms. Tamrakar participated in a BizMantra promotional workshop organized in association with the Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries (FNCSI). After participating in the workshop, Ms. Tamrakar began frequenting the BizMantra Web site. She found the Business Planning, Accounting & Finance, and Marketing & Sales categories particularly useful for both her business and her training programs For more detailswww.smetoolkit.org Global Information Network for SMEs This will provide access to information on SMEs(Small and Medium Enterprises) all over the world,including Japan, U.S., Canada,France,Germany, Italy, U.K. and the European Commission.The goal of the "Global Information Network for SMEs",is to contribute to developing an environment where SMEs can exchange information on products, technologies, human resources, etc. freely, overcoming obstacles of distance and borders.
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