APEC Workshop on Promoting SMEs' Integration into Regional and Global Environmental Goods and Services Markets

This report outlines the presentations and discussions of the APEC Workshop on Promoting SMEs’ Integration into Regional and Global Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) Markets. Initiated by Viet Nam, the workshop provided an overview of the regional and global EGS markets; challenges, opportunities, and critical issues for facilitating SMEs in environmental goods and services markets; advantages of trade agreements on place; experiences in promoting SMEs’ participation into regional and global EGS markets in terms of regulations, incentives, facilitation, critical issues, etc; and case studies of SMEs’ integration into regional and global EGS markets.