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SEC joins hands with the Department of Industrial Promotion to hold “SMEs’ Road to the Thai Capital Market” seminar



Thursday 19 December 2019 | No. 186 / 2019


Bangkok, 19 December 2019 - SEC teams up with the Department of Industrial Promotion, the Ministry of Industry to hold the “SMEs’ Road to the Thai Capital Market” seminar to discuss measures to help small- and medium-sized industrial enterprises under the Department of Industrial Promotion’s supervision and development access the capital market. The speakers provided SMEs attending the seminar with knowledge of different financial tools for fund mobilization. They were encouraged to use these tools, which will promote SMEs’ sustainable growth and will eventually lead to national development.

SEC held the “SMEs’ Road to the Thai Capital Market” seminar on Thursday, 19 December 2019. SEC Deputy Secretary-General Sirivipa Supantanet, delivered an opening speech, and Miss Ariyaporn Amnucksoradej, acting Director of the Division of Industrial Business Capability Development, Department of Industrial Promotion, presided over the seminar.

SEC Deputy Secretary-General Sirivipa Supantanet stated that “This seminar is the first event where SEC had the opportunity to meet with industrial SMEs, after SEC and the Department of Industrial Promotion signed a memorandum of cooperation to assist SMEs in accessing funds through the capital market on 30 September 2019. This seminar created awareness and knowledge of financial tools in the capital market available for industrial SMEs. This is in line with SEC’s strategic plan to promote the use of the capital market as an alternative capital raising tool for SMEs and startups. SEC previously cooperated with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to organize seminars for farmers.”

This seminar comprised three main sessions: a lecture on “Capital Market for the Public,” a seminar on “SMEs’ Road to the Thai Capital Market,” and a discussion on “Notable Accounting Tips for SMEs.” Over 130 SME operators and executives and employees of the Department of Industrial Promotion attended the event, held at SEC Office. 

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