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ISED-SEO
ISED Small Enterprise Observatory (ISED SEO), is a specialised knowledge platform on enterprise and entrepreneurship. It services data and policy analysis requirements of various development actors: the most respected academic institutions, international organisations, key policy makers and top decision makers in industry and finance and entrepreneurs. It is a monitoring system for business at the global, national, and regional levels, with a special thrust on aspects that clearly impinge upon micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs). From the usual figures of interest , such as production, sales, export, employment, location of units etc., it dwells into the wider issues of policy, such as, taxation, trade regime and barriers, innovations and regulatory policies. How does government policy change? What will happen to particular industries tomorrow? How does multilateral trade negotiations influence our MSMEs? What are the opportunities and risk factors in lending to a particular cluster/ subsector? What are the new and emerging MSME business opportunities in a particular State or region? The Observatory is platform that constantly seeks to answer several such questions.
The interests behind a knowledge platform are those who believe in and depend on evidence-base. For ISED-SEO, such stake holders include, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, researchers, public promotional agencies, governments, international organisations etc.
This membership- driven forum meets, essentially, two purposes: 1) as a platform for pooling together varied expertise and insights, that are otherwise difficult to come together; and 2) as a common platform of people having interest in enterprise and entrepreneurship.
The benefits to members are in the form of: 1) access to seminars and conferences (at specific criteria); 2) access to publications and regular communications; 3) data support services; and 4) policy briefs and special reports.
Membership in the ISED- SEO is open to all who agree with its programme. For more details, please get in touch with the Co Ordinator (email: seo@isedonline.org)
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Seminars/Workshops and Public Lectures are important means of the Observatory for creating and spreading knowledge. Initiatives under this head includes:
1)Theme based Seminars;
2) Public Lectures; and
3) ISED Annual Small Enterprise Lecture.
The Observatory Mirror
The Observatory Mirror, the Institute's monthly publication, is vehicle for ensuring outreach of its work, as also for development communication. Apart from such informative materials, it also carries info on the titles and knowledge resources brought out by the Institute.
The programme of the Observatory broadly consists of two parts: a) knowledge creation; and (b) knowledge dissemination. Knowledge creation takes place through activities such as research, seminars, and public lectures, and dissemination through a variety of outreach programmes.
MSME Communication
The Observatory performs its role as a development communicator, through the India MSME Communication Programme(IMCP).The IMCP and its two sub-projects, ie., India MSME Report and the India MSME Darshan, as key outreach mechanisms of the Observatory.
India MSME Report(MSMER)
India's only comprehensive annual reporting system on enterprise development and entrepreneurship, this Series celebrated its 'China Jubilee' in December 2017.The Report analyses the latest trends and developments in the economy and society, from time to time, and makes policy recommendations.
India MSME Darshan
'India MSME Darshan' is a stakeholder networking platform, organised in the form of a series of events in selected centres of the country. The Centres are selected taking into consideration the interests of the Partner institutions as well as need-base. Some of the Centres selected in the previous years were, Lucknow, Agra, Kolkota, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Bhopal, Indore, Bahadurgarh, Bangalore, New Delhi, Pune, Aurangabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Surat, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Calicut, Cochin, Mangalore etc.
Regional Enterprise Development Audit(REDA)
Flowing from the need for regular national level reporting and development communication, the Observatory closely monitors developments relating to enterprise and entrepreneurship at the regional level. Such an exercise results in the production of rich knowledge resources on policy and practice. REDA is a programme meant for supporting the States, District Administrations and Municipal governments to analyse their track record relating to enterprise development activities, and to offer innovative solutions.
ISED Sub- sector Reporting Initiative(ISRI)
Subsectors are the kingpins of enterprise activity in any country. Considering their vitality from the angle of policy and practice, the Observatory has created a knowledge system on key sub sectors and their structure and performance at the national and State levels. Such knowledge resources are supportive to the Institute's advisory functions as well.