ANNEX 8 - PROJECT MATRIX 
                                                                                                    
                                        Project description                              Indicators                    Sources of information                 Assumptions 
                                                                                                  
             General       1.     To increase the number of                                                                                              
                                                                              •  Number of APEC SMEs •  Official customs data of 
             objective  competitive SMEs involved into involved into APEC economies; 
                          internationalization of their business assisting       internationalization of their •  Analytical information from 
                          to the development of national APEC                    business is increased by 15%          the relevant national 
                          economies.                                             by the year of 2020;                  ministries for the period of 
                           2.     To increase the number of APEC  •  Number of APEC economies                          2016 - 2020; 
                           economies involved in the activities of IIS           involved into the IIS activities   •  Report on IIS APEC 
                                                                                 is increased up to 12 by the          activities 
                                                                                 year of 2020. 
                                                                                                  
             Project      To develop and to launch the  Integrated  •  Operational IIS;                             •  Screenshot of the IIS web-        •  Awareness of IIS 
             purpose      Information System stimulating                                                               site;                                among APEC SMEs 
                          internationalization process of APEC SMEs           •  National operators available                                               achieved; 
                                                                                 for IIS                            •  Advertising and information 
                                                                                                                       materials;                        •  Usage of IIS by APEC 
                                                                                                                    •  list of national operators;          SME promoted 
                                                                                                                    •  activity reports 
                                                                                                  
             Results       1. IIS Concept (description, structure, 
                                                                              •  Agreed and approved IIS •  Package of the IIS Concept  •  Interested APEC 
                              operator, management system, financing             Concept;                              documents;                           economies 
                              system, budget, mechanisms and                                                                                                participated in the 
                                                                              •  Operational IIS                    •  Screenshot of the IIS web-
                              procedures, monitoring and control,                                                      site;                                discussion and 
                              reporting system, etc.) elaborated, agreed                                                                                    development process 
                              and approved;                                                                         •  Report on the IIS  (coordination, 
                         2. IIS developed, tested and launched                                               development results and           financing, national 
                                                                                                             test report                       operators) 
                                                                                          
            Activities   1. To develop and to agree on the APEC  •  Decision on the IIS •  Meeting protocols;                               •  APEC economies got 
                            Secretariat level the final IIS Concept       development and launch;         •  Terms of reference and            interested and 
                            including the Action Plan / Working •  Terms of reference with all               project documents;                participated in the 
                            schedule;                                     the relevant documents;                                              project; 
                         2. To discuss and to approve the IIS                                             •  IIS related documentation;     •  Competitive APEC 
                            Concept on the level of APEC Ministerial  •  Operational IIS                  •  Report on the IIS  SMEs interested in 
                            Meeting;                                                                         development and launch            internationalization of 
                         3. To develop and to approve the IIS                                                                                  their business defined 
                            Concept on the level of APEC Economic 
                            Leaders’ Meeting; 
                         4. To develop and to agree Terms of 
                            reference for elaboration of the IIS 
                            including the sources and mechanisms of 
                            financing; 
                         5. To implement the necessary scope of 
                            work under the approved Terms of 
                            reference to develop and to launch the 
                            APEC IIS