1. Sponsored by Organized by The New Zealand Aid AgencyThe Mekong Institute Khon Kaen in Thailand Action Plan By 0LCC: Mr. Vannitha PHOMMAVONG Mr. Phithikone VILAITHONG

2. Contents  Wood Furniture Members  Value chain Map OLCC “ Wood Furniture “  Goal  Activities  Assumptions  Evidence of Success

3. Wood Furniture Member ‎1./ Khamphay sana Contructoin Co. 2./ Somsak Furniture Factory 3./ PKK Wood Products Co. 4./ Kawi Wood Products Co. 5./ Burapha Agroforestry Co., 6./ Kongsa Furniture 7./ Viengniyom Furniture 8./ SMP Enterprises 9./ Thippalungsy Furniture Factory

5. Goal Build up the cluster of Laos’s wood furniture to be come a strong group networking, increase the volume and value of product export and access to the global market.

6. Activities Member’s Survey Meeting to agreement on rules and rules Register in Cluster Training on Cluster Perform

7. Time line Consortia No.ActivitiveDuration weeks JuneJulyAugustSeptemberNovemberDesember 1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk 1 Set up the Plan to do Consortia 1 week 2 Contact with Member 1 week 3 Seminar 1 week 4 Assessment 1 week 5 Agreement 2 week 6 Register 2 week 7 Conduction 8 week 8 Conference 1 week 9 Perform 16 week

8. Activities 2 Set up the Plan to do Consortia Contact with Member Seminar Assessment Agreement Register Conduction Audit Conference Perform

9. Time line Cluster No.ActivitivesDuration Weeks JuneJulyAugustSeptemberNovemberDesember 1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk1wk2wk3wk4wk 1 Member’s Survey 2 week 2 Meeting to agreement on rules and rules 1week 3 Register in Cluster 4 week 4 Training on Cluster 1 week 5 Perform 16 week

10. Assumptions The target member had been acknowledge on SMEs cluster and export consortia All information on export of the Wood Furniture had been distribute to all the members Product’s standard had been improve

11. Evidence of Success! Wood Furniture cluster had been setup with an active moving forward: – Draft of pilot project – List of task force – Time line – Agenda – Furniture Member – Certificates issued – Production – Report – Draft Registration Form

12. Beneficiaries  To SMEs (Wood Furniture)  To Government  To NGOs  To consumer  To Researcher

13. Evaluation After the workshop, we conduct interview and field visit one time to ask for the cluster performance. The results from the interview and field visit we will give to the final report to the respond association and MI. We will more give to members understand of cluster. We will more with MI to make develop action plan to good way.

14. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Design and Monitoring Framework Country: Lao PDR Code: OLCC Design SummaryPerformance IndicatorsData SourcesAssumptions Impact Exports by Wood Furniture in the Vientiane Capital promoted and expanded SMEs in Wood Furniture sector including supply chain increased by 15% in Year 1. Export records from Ministry of Industry and Commerce The target members had been acknowledge on SMEs cluster and export consortia Outcome Awareness of the export opportunities in the Wood Furniture sector raised. Meetings with the association implementedRecords of meetings Press releases All information on export of Wood Furniture had been distribute to all the members - Output 1. Meeting with Members 2. Cluster /consortia members Wood Furniture Cluster courses implemented for 15 Members Group meetings conducted with 9 members of the cluster/consortia in Wood Furniture sector Certificates Issued List of participants Draft of MOMs Draft registration papers Product’s standard had been improve Export of wood Furniture had a good potential to increase the market share in the global market 1.Activities a. Preparations: - Report to our Association - Identify for the respond Member - Setup a value chain& Pilot project - Looking for the supporters (Donors & Technical assistance) - Revise the cluster and export consortia curriculum - Identify the target of members - Translate the documents - Printing - Survey - Choosing the wood product example - Contact with the producers/association - Preparation for the producers/company profile - Setup the meeting agenda b. Implementation − Introduce cluster to the wood furniture SMEs (Workshop/Field visit) − Built-up the network among the producers and exporters − Setup the clusters and export consortia of Wood Furniture − Support the information (standard, financial access, markets access and technology assistance) c. Monitoring and Evaluation − Lesson learn − Check for the feedback & Evaluations − Report the result − Research paper Note 2. Budget: Total: US$ 6,924 From MI: US$ 500 Government: - Others: - Lao government might support in term of policy

15. Meeting Budget Plan Staffs5 Preparation days10 Members15 Meeting Days2 Fees10 NoBudget itemsPersonDays/PapersPriceTotal IDocument support 1Translate the curriculum 80 15 1,200 2Printing 1,800 0.03 54 IICommittee and members 4Staffs 5 10 500 5Members 15 2 10 300 IIIMeeting facilitation 8 Equipment 5 2 10 100 9 Meeting room 1 2 100 200 10 Coffee Break 20 2 15 600 11 Lunch 20 2 8 320 13 Member visit 15 1 20 300 IV Others 14 Transpotation 1 10 25 250 15 Communication 1 5 20 100 16 Report - - 500 17 Others 1 500 2,500 Total 6,924

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