1. Instruments for Cluster Development programs UNIDO’s resources Giovanna Ceglie UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC

2. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org Human Resource Development For: Efficient and effective policy / project formulation and implementation Sustainability Diffusion Actors: Policy makers Brokers or Cluster Development Agents Support Institutions Enterprises

3. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org TOOLS Actors: Policy makers Brokers or Cluster Development Agents Support Institutions Enterprises Tools: Training kit and policy tool box Outsourced (UNIDO, other international org., private sector)

4. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org The Training Kit Target: Cluster Development Agents (and institutions, service providers acting as CDAs) Background : Project teams developed their manuals and training material Case studies, project documents and project reports Conceptual framework and peer review with external expert team Use: TA projects Regional and global training courses Franchising

5. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org The Training Kit has been developed according to the following principles: Practical know-how based on the hands-on experience of UNIDO’s field staff and supported by illustrative case studies Action-oriented: entails tools for project formulation and implementation User-friendly outline and methodolgy that facilitate learning through individual exercises and group activites; includes operational tools (formulated in collaboratin with Training centre of ILO) Facilitates cross-project comparison The Training Kit

6. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org MODULE 1 – CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND MODULE 2 – THE UNIDO APPROACH TO CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT MODULE 3 – CLUSTER SELECTION MODULE 4 - THE ROLE OF THE CDA MODULE 5 – THE DIAGNOSTIC STUDY MODULE 6 – VISION BUILDING AND ACTION PLANNING MODULE 7 – IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY MODULE 8 – MONITORING AND EVALUATION The Training Kit UNIDO - Outline

7. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org Logical framework cluster projet

8. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org Parameters SENSITIZATION AND SELECTION TRAINING AND STRUCTURING SELF DIAGNOSTIC PILOT PROJECT STRATEGIC PROGRAM AUTONOMY COHESIONFirst contactsFirst exchanges First collective decisions Commitment in pursuing joint action Commitment to a long-term collaboration program Self-managed and self-funded coordination Participation* Cooperation GROUP STRUCTURE Organization* Formalization Leadership* Efficiency of meetings Performance assessment – horizontal networks

9. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org STRATEGIC ANALYSIS CAPABILITY STRATEGIC PLANNING CAPABILITY PRODUCTION CAPABILITY JOINT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE LINKAGES WITH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATION IN THE CLUSTER

10. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO-IADB-MIF International Meeting on Competitiveness of Small Enterprises: Clusters and Local Development October 29 - 30, 2007 Washington, DC www.unido.org