
OBJECTIVES
- To organize an annual international seminar on MSMEs and SDGs in developing countries
- To organize regular Research Forum Series and Ph.D Forum Series
- To promote the dissemination of information on the development of MSMEs and their constraints and other related aspects (such as policies, regulations, the establishment of a funding institution, and regional cooperation between governments, for example in the context of ASEAN, APEC, South-South, and G20) and the achievement of SDGs in developing countries
- To promote research collaboration on MSMEs or SDGs.
- To become a platform for the exchange of information regarding ongoing research projects or plans to be carried out by a university or research institute on MSMEs or SDGs; call for papers for upcoming seminars or conferences, and new literature and books on MSMEs or SDGs; and call for chapters for upcoming edited books.

- To promote collaboration in edited books, book chapters, seminar papers, journal articles, and other forms of publication related to MSMEs or SDGs.
- To promote collaboration in organizing seminars or conferences, focus group discussions (FGD), and other forums on MSMEs or SDGs.
- To promote the exchange of lecturers, visiting fellows, researchers, and students.
- To promote study programs (e.g. Ph.D. programs), and research grants.