The project formed part of the “PROMYPE” – Promoción de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa”, a long term project initiated in August 1998 and financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).

The assignments of INTEGRATION GmbH, Germany, and RECURSOS S.A., Peru concentrated on the following fields of activity:

• Organisational development of selected SME related organisations: Analysis and consultancy concerning the vision and mission of the respective organisations, their objectives, tasks, products, services, organisational structures, personnel, communication and co-ordination, finance and sustainability.
• Support of the institutionalisation process of CONAMYPE: CONAMYPE, counterpart institution of PROMYPE, is a public-private sector organisation whose main aim is the coordination of policies and instruments of micro and small enterprise promotion. Activities concentrated on consultancy to strengthen CONAMYPE, qualification of its personnel, support to the working groups on specific topics.
• Consultancy concerning the service system for SMEs: Based on international and national experiences with the promotion of SMEs, the competitiveness of the national market for services was analysed in order to initiate a process of dialogue and discussion between the different participants about the development of the market, elaboration and implementation of an action plan.
• Consultancy for chambers and associations: Consultancy services for various selected associations: Analysis of competitive sectors, group consultancy, inter-entrepreneurial cooperation, incubators, strengthening of entrepreneurial competence (CEFE), use of the Internet.
• Organisation of a “rueda de negocios”: Organisation of a “rueda de negocios” in close collaboration with CONAMYPE as an instrument to enhance transparency of the market of services for SMEs and facilitate contacts between demand and offer and selected markets for goods; transfer of technology to the partner organisation and formation of their staff to enhance capacity for the organisation of “rueda de negocios” in other sectors.