The Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) was first initiated at the First Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sydney in February 1978. It was officially launched on 7 September 1980 at the Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting in New Delhi, India, to signify Malaysia’s commitment to South-South Cooperation, in particular Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC).

 

In line with the spirit of South-South Cooperation, Malaysia through MTCP shares its development experiences and expertise with other developing countries. The MTCP was first formulated based on the belief that the development of a country depends on the quality of its human resources. The programme forms part of the commitment of the Malaysian Government towards the promotion of technical cooperation among developing countries, strengthening of regional and sub-regional cooperation, as well as nurturing collective self-reliance among developing countries.

SME Corp. Malaysia is one of the Training Institute under the MTCP since 2006. Meanwhile, starting from 2011, SME Corp. Malaysia enters into a tripartite collaboration with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and MTCP to organise Third Country Training Programme (TCTP), a yearly capacity-building programme. This programme serves as an interactive platform to share on Malaysia’s and Japan’s experience in SME development with countries from the African region.

 

As at 31st December 2015, a total of 333 participants from 54 countries has benefited from this programme (The List of Country as Appendix I)

SME Corp.organized area	Date Organized	SME Visited
TCTP: SME Development for African Countries	12 - 24 August 2015	Hyrax Oil Sdn. Bhd.; Cottage Industries in Banting Tanamera Sdn. Bhd.; and Solar Farm by Gading Kenchana
MTCP: Introduction to Malaysia’s SME Policy	8 - 12 December 2014	Delta Perdana Sdn. Bhd.
TCTP: SME Development for African Countries	19 - 29 August 2014	Gaharu Technologies Sdn. Bhd.; and Cottage Industries in Banting
TCTP: SME Development and Trade Promotion for African Countries	21 October - 1 November 2013	Gaharu Technologies Sdn. Bhd.; and Cottage Industries in Banting
MTCP: Training Programme for Officials from Agencies Responsible for SME Development in OIC/D8 Member Countries	23 September - 2 October 2013	Top Gloves Sdn. Bhd.; Gaharu Technologies Sdn. Bhd.; and Cottage Industries in Banting
MTCP: Training Programme for Officials from Agencies Responsible for SME Development in OIC/D8 Member Countries	3 - 12 December 2012	1Innopeak Sdn. Bhd.; Sipro Plastic Sdn. Bhd.; Adtech Sdn. Bhd.; and ProEight Offshore Sdn. Bhd.
TCTP: SME Development and Trade Promotion for African Countries	8 - 19 October 2012	Multi-B Sdn. Bhd.; Intralink Techno Sdn. Bhd.; Universal Nutribeverage Sdn. Bhd.; and Cottage Industries in Banting
MTCP: Training Programme for Officials from Agencies Responsible for SME Development in OIC/D8 Member Countries	12 - 21 December 2011	Cottage Industries in Banting; Beta Factors Sdn. Bhd.; Natural Health Farm Sdn. Bhd.; and ProEight Offshore Sdn. Bhd.
TCTP: SME Development and Trade Promotion for African Countries	14 - 25 November 2011	ProEight Offshore Sdn. Bhd.; and Romstar Sdn. Bhd

NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS TRAINED BY COUNTRY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015

No.	Country	No.of Participants Trained
1	Afghanistan	4
2	Algeria	5
3	Azerbaijan	5
4	Bangladesh	14
5	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3
6	Bostwana	12
7	Brunei Darussalam	14
8	Burkina Faso	1
9	Cameroon	5
10	Djibouti	6
11	Egypt	9
12	Ethiopia	5
13	Ghana	12
14	Guinea	2
15	Guiyana	1
16	Indonesia	9
17	Iran	9
18	Iraq	3
19	Jordan	14
20	Kazakhstan	1
21	Kenya	7
22	Kyrgyzstan	5
23	Lao PDR	1
24	Lebanon	3
25	Lesotho	3
26	Libya	1
27	Maldives	5
28	Mauritius	10
29	Morocco	4
30	Mozambique	3
31	Namibia	10
32	Nigeria	7
33	Oman	9
34	Pakistan	10
35	Palestine	12
36	Philipines	1
37	Qatar	7
38	Rwanda	3
39	Senegal	4
40	Saudi Arabia	5
41	South Africa	1
42	Syria	3
43	Sudan	12
44	Tajikistan	4
45	Tanzania	6
46	Togo	1
47	Tunisia	2
48	Turkey	16
49	UAE	1
50	Uganda	16
51	Uzbekistan	10
52	Yemen	6
53	Zambia	7
54	Zimbabwe	4
TOTAL		333