UTCC teams up with Alibaba for training programme
The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), Asia’s leading business university based in Thailand, announced today it has become an authorised Alibaba.com e-commerce training center in Thailand, following its recent partnership with Alibaba.com (www.alibaba.com), a leading B2B marketplace for global trade.
Both organisations have come together in their mission to accelerate e-commerce growth in Thailand and help Thai SMEs position themselves in the global market.
A team of Alibaba.com personnel have coached UTCC faculty members in School of Business, School of Science and Technology, enabling the latter to become certified Alibaba.com trainers ready to train Thai SMEs, entrepreneurs and UTCC students to run businesses on Alibaba.com.
A three-day E-commerce training session by Alibaba.com is going to take place for the first time in Thailand in the second week of November.
With these certified trainers, the UTCC has the ability to train more than 5,000 individuals per year, helping create more e-commerce-minded entrepreneurs and equipping more Thai SMEs to expand businesses internationally.
UTCC president associate professor Sauwanee Thairungroj said Thai SMEs can potentially drive Thailand’s economy and just need opportunities to do so. The UTCC is now taking the lead to open the door to those who aim to take their B2B businesses to another level. UTCC certified trainers can provide SMEs, entrepreneurs as well as our own UTCC students with e-commerce training courses and other programmes, offering a pathway of knowledge to access global opportunities.
“We are very excited about the progress of our partnership with UTCC and their trust in the Alibaba.com platform. We see great potential in products from Thailand and really look forward to helping more Thai SMEs compete effectively on the global stage through e-commerce,” said Jerry Wu, Thailand Country Manager of Alibaba.com.
The UTCC is the first Thai university to sign a memorandum of understanding with Alibaba.com. Several collaborative programmes, including “Training the Trainers”, have already been implemented since the partnership was formed in August 2016.
In August 2016, the UTCC and Alibaba.com agreed on several educational collaborations based on a memorandum of understanding between the two parties. In addition to the “Training the Trainers” programme, the UTCC and Alibaba.com are working together to offer interested Thai SMEs “Alibaba dream trips” to Alibaba.com’s home city of Hangzhou, China. During the trips, participants get to spend four days at Alibaba.com to learn about the company’s corporate culture, online trading, and import and export, as well as Alibaba.com member services. The first batch of participants completed training in September, and the trip of the second batch of participants is scheduled for November.