UNIDO SME Upgrading IP Tom Kenyon Ph D
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UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon Ph. D Industrial Development Officer
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Opportunity • Integrate projects and research: use projects to test hypotheses: e. g. what works to encourage uptake of IP among SMEs in dev. countries? • Division of labor: research team (WIPO) designs intervention, analyzes data; project team (UNIDO) manages intervention, collects data • Benefits: sharper impact assessment & more carefully designed interventions Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO • UN mandate to encourage sustainable industrial development (esp. agribusiness) • Focus on technical assistance (not research): policy advice, institutional capacity-building, markets for business development services • Operate mainly at meso level: clusters & associations of firms (not individual firms) Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO & Supplier Development LARGE BUYERS LOCAL SUPPLIERS Automotive Companies Facilitated selfassessment Mining Companies Benchmarking Power Companies Coordinate Buyer Requirements Gap analysis Transport Companies Agriculture Companies Upgrading plans 4 Investment projects
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Automotive Component Supplier Development Program (SA) • Component of SA Industrial Policy Program (DTI) • Combines benchmarking & soft upgrading (learning by doing) • Service delivery via AIDC; clustering for knowledge transfer • UNIDO role as advisor/monitor (substitute for DTI) Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 3 of 5
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Proposal: making it work • Incorporate collaborative R&D upgrading module into Phase 2 AIDC Program (2010) • Include survey questions in initial and final benchmark (control & treatment) • Preliminary proposal by early October 2009: TK discuss with AIDC/DTI/CIPRO/NTI Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Thank you! t. kenyon@unido. org
