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UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon PhD Industrial Development Officer

UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon PhD 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?

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UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon PhD Industrial Development Officer

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  1. UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon PhD Industrial Development Officer

  2. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION 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

  3. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION 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

  4. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION UNIDO & Supplier Development LARGE BUYERS LOCAL SUPPLIERS Facilitated self-assessment Automotive Companies Mining Companies Benchmarking Coordinate Buyer Requirements Gap analysis Power Companies Transport Companies Agriculture Companies Investment projects Upgrading plans

  5. 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) UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION Automotive Component Supplier Development Program (SA) Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 3 of 5

  6. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION 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

  7. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION Thank you! t.kenyon@unido.org

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