<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">The US-ASEAN Business Council (the Council) is pleased to continue the ongoing initiatives <strong>SME Workshop Series: Building Resiliency for ASEAN SMEs</strong> – as a part of the </span></span><a href="https://www.usasean.org/sme-business-alliance" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">SME Program</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> and </span></span><a href="http://asean-sme-academy.org/" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">ASEAN SME Academy</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> (the Academy) – which aims to help ASEAN small and medium enterprises (SMEs) re-navigate themselves after the COVID-19 pandemic and advance in the digital economy. The upcoming workshop will focus on <strong>“Empowering Indonesian SMEs: Unlocking Digital Potential for Global Success”</strong> – which will be conducted on <strong>Saturday, August 19, 2023, </strong>from <strong>09.00 AM – 17.30 PM (TBC) </strong>in Hotel Tentrem, Semarang, Central Java. This workshop will be a sideline event of the 2023 Business Mission to the 56<sup>th</sup> ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and a celebration of the 78<sup>th</sup> year of Indonesia’s independence</span></span>
