The SSF Project is a major component of DTI’s MSME Development Program and aims to improve the competitiveness of MSMEs by providing them with machinery, equipment, tools, systems, skills and knowledge under a shared system. Objectives of the project include: 1) accelerating MSME’s competitiveness by giving them access to energy efficient technologies and more sophisticated equipment; 2) encouraging MSMEs to advance to the next level where they can tap a better and wider market and be integrated in the global supply chain; 3) taking into account convergence where government resources are pooled and integrated; and 4) addressing the gap and bottlenecks in the value chain of priority industry clusters.