Small business

Part II – The Strategic Development Plan
This covers the consecutive elements of the strategic planning process:
1) Introduction - summarising the government’s overall economic and social objectives;
2) Mission statement and governing principles
- indicating how SME development policy can sit within the vision
of the government and how it can be developed to engage the key aspects of mainstream government
policy, such as support for competition, innovation and technology development;
3) The present position of the SME sector
- examines the present state of the sector using data from the Review;
4) Review of programmes and achievements to date - describes what has been achieved in the areas identified
in Part 1 (needs targeted, strategies accomplished, management changes achieved, stakeholder and
institutional arrangements made and programme development) and indicates gaps and areas for
improvement;
5) Future development objectives - demonstrates how SME development policy will contribute to meeting
the key national and social objectives;
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Introduction