UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP

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UNIDO SME Upgrading IP Tom Kenyon
PhD Industrial Development Officer
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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

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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)

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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
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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)

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Proposal making it work

• Incorporate collaborative RD 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

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Thank you!
t.kenyon_at_unido.org