【APEC中小企業金融機関の第3回年次会合に参加】

　2006年7月26日、ベトナムのハノイでAPEC･MOU（APEC域内の中小企業金融に携わる金融機関間の協力に関する覚書）に基づく第3回年次会合が開催されました。
　ベトナム工商銀行の主催により、新規加盟の産業金融公社（メキシコ）を含む14機関が参加し、各機関の活動報告などとともに、加盟機関間の協力関係強化に向けたプログラムなどについて議論が行われました。
　会議に続き、27日にはシンポジウムが行われ、当公庫は塚原理事が「近年の日本における中小企業金融の発展」について発表を行いました。

　同会議は、2003年9月に締結されたAPEC･MOUに基づき、毎年開催されるものです。同覚書はAPEC域内の中小企業金融に携わる金融機関により締結されたもので、情報交換や人材育成等での連携の促進等を図るため、相互に協力する旨を定めています。

【Participation in the 3rd Annual Meeting of APEC Financial Institutions Dealing with SMEs】

　The 3rd Annual Meeting of APEC Financial Institutions Dealing with SMEs was held on July 26, 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
　This Annual Meeting was hosted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Vietnam, and was joined by 14 signatory member parties, including the National Financiera, S. N. C. (Mexico), whose participation was unanimously welcomed during this meeting. Along with the discussion on the past activities and future plans of cooperation among the signatory parties, further discussion on programs to enhance cooperation among the member parties took place.
　On following day, a symposium was held and Mr. Osamu Tsukahara, Managing Director of JASME delivered a presentation titled “Resent Development in SME Finance in Japan”

　This Annual Meeting is held annually based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on SME Cooperation, which states mutual cooperation promoted by exchanging information, developing human resources, etc. This MOU was signed by institutions in charge of SME financing within the APEC regions in September 2005.