KickStart

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The Kick-Start Programme

• Translates strategic objectives 6 and 7 of the
  National ICT Strategy into a set of initiatives
• Objectives
• Promote the ICT culture in SMEs with the
  objective of making them derive the benefits of
  introducing ICT in their operations
• Enable and empower the local businesses to gain
  access to the larger global market by
  participating in the e-Business community
• Document may be downloaded from www.miti.gov.mt

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The Kick-Start Programme

• Capacity Building
• Trustmark, Assistance Packages, Roadmaps,
  Mentorship
• Awareness and Training
• Awareness campaigns, Training (Basic and
  Specific)
• Support Measures
• Statistics
• Stakeholders
• FOI, CoC, GRTU
• MCA
• VSAs and other commercial parties through an RFP
• Presented and discussed during the 7th NISCO
  meeting

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Small and Micro Assistance Packages

• Development of sector based Roadmaps
• Printing and Publishing
• Wholesale and retail of domestic goods
• Food and Beverage
• Educational services
• Crafts
• Provision of Business Assistance Packages in
  partnership with VSAs and leading IT solution
  providers
• A Mentorship Programme to assist small and micro
  enterprises implement ICT solutions on the lines
  of the roadmaps.

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Awareness and Training

• Awareness
• Informative campaign targeting consumers
  (e-Commerce) to reach all households TRUST
• Informative campaign targeting SMEs Benefits
• Training
• Basic awareness course for micro enterprises
• Advanced courses CRM, ERM, e-Marketing etc.
• MyWeb for industries
• CTLCs MAP programme

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E-Commerce Framework

• Phase 1 - Gap Analysis
• Identify the elements that facilitate/hinder the
  take-up of e-Commerce by local enterprises and
  local consumers
• Phase 2
• National E-Commerce Framework
• Provide all the necessary information to
  businesses that want to venture into e-Commerce
  activity

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Trustmark Scheme

• Objective Increase consumer and business
  confidence in online trade
• EuroLabel
• The scheme will offer
• Accreditation mechanism
• An online business portal for accredited entities
• Label authentication mechanism
• A rating system based on a per-purchase basis

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Other Initiatives

• Statistics
• e-Business survey to include micro enterprises
• Added additional items to household survey
• G2B services
• Business Entry Portal
• Additional new services
• Intermediary Services
• E-Marketplaces and E-Malls
• M-Commerce

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Supporting E-Business

• European e-business support network e-bsn.
• www.e-bsn.org
• Available incentives
• Tax Credits
• Training for Industry
• Online services
• Planned activities
• E-business Advisors

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e-Business Tax Credits

• The e-business tax credits aim to
  support the uptake of e-commerce.
• The tax credit is available for developers and
  users.
• The tax credit is 17.5 of the total investment
  in Information and Communication technology
  needed to complete an eligible project.
• Developers may benefit from an extra 10.5 on
  other (non IT) investments required to complete
  the project.

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e-Business Tax Credits (for developers)

• A developer is an enterprise that
  is mainly engaged in operating,
  developing and maintaining systems
  that enable e-commerce.
• Eligible projects are information and
  communication systems that provide an
  infrastructure for other business to integrate
  electronic commerce in their business operations.
  
• On-line shopping malls
• E-marketplaces
• Payment gateways

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e-Business Tax Credits (for users)

• A user is an enterprise that
  adopts e-commerce systems provided
  by a developer to enable
  its e-commerce operations.
• Eligible projects are electronic commerce
  solutions that result in electronically
  transaction with business partners, suppliers or
  customers. Examples include
• Business to Business Systems
• On-line shops

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Other Tax Credits

• The Business Promotion Act
• Reinvestment tax credits.
• The reinvestment tax credit supports
  micro enterprises through a
  tax credit on profits reinvested in capital
  expenditure. Such reinvestment may be used to
  improve the ICT setup of the enterprise.
• Professional Capacity building
• These tax credits aim to support the human
  resource development in vendor specific ICT
  related course.

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Training

• Malta Enterprise periodically offers courses to
  support SMEs.
• ICT for Small enterprises.  
• Web marketing.
• MyWeb for industry
• Developing ICT literacy of employees in large
  enterprises.
• E-business Awareness course
• This course is currently being developed and aims
  to provide small businesses a practical hands on
  introduction on e-business.

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Online Services

• Support Measures Database
• An online service that provides information on
  the support available to enterprises in Maltese.
• ICT Directory
• The directory is a versatile tool for the ICT
  industry and for any enterprise investing in
  e-business.
• Ebusinesslex.net
• This portal provides European small and medium
  enterprises with information on all legal aspects
  of e-business. www.ebusinesslex.net

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E-Business Advisor

• The e-advisor programme will support the
  implementation of the e-business roadmaps
  currently being developed by providing mentoring
  services.
• The e-advisor will facilitate enterprises in
  implementing of e-business projects as identified
  in the sectorial roadmaps by
• helping the enterprise develop a business case
  that justifies the e-business project
• helping the enterprise to prepare and develop
  implementation plans for ICT and e-business
  initiatives
• supporting the enterprise in identifying,
  selecting and evaluating ICT and e-business
  solutions.