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PP with associations of the Pacific Alliance
The Chamber and Association Partnership (KVP) of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) is intended to enable local industry to make an important contribution to self-reliant sustainable development. The intraregional and international competitiveness and export prospects of local SMEs are strengthened by the introduction and implementation of international environmental and social standards. It is essential for the future viability of SMEs that they deal intensively with these issues and expand their competencies. The overall objective of the project is to promote the international integration of selected SMEs in the Pacific Alliance by taking sustainability aspects into account, thereby contributing to the economic and social dynamisation of the countries.
Read morePartnerAfrica Project between VDA and AAAM
Within a PartnerAfrica project, the German Automotive Association VDA supports the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) in its aim of becoming a pan-African association that furthers the automotive industry and with it sustainable mobility throughout the continent. Framework conditions and the investment climate in selected African countries, namely in Ghana, are to be improved with the support of VDA, AAAM, and relevant local associations and/or chambers of industry.
Read moreMyan Ku Emergency Fund for Garment Workers
Myanmar garment factories have been impacted since end of 2019/early 2020, by a disruption of the supply chain from China where the COVID-19 pandemic started. Just as the supply chain started to come into gear again, the industry was hit much more severely by cancelled orders from European and US brands where the epidemic shifted. Cancelled orders can burden factories with an immediate financial loss of over EUR 500,000 per large order result in many factories closing down or trimming their workforce rapidly. The Myan Ku Fund provides direct cash transfers to terminated and laid-off garment workers employed in locally-owned, joint venture or foreign owned factories to help them through the months of May, June and July. The payments are disbursed through the mobile money app Wave Money 1) to workers in crisis who are jobless and/or face eviction from their homes; 2) to workers whose con-tracts were illegally terminated, thereby also countering irresponsible practices, and; 3) to workers of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who agree to retain workers and to provide at least a matching support. Recipients are selected in consultation with trade unions and local civil society organisations. Myan Ku is financed through the EU’s Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus Response Mecha-nism (NRM), managed by UNOPS, and is coordinated by sequa’ EU funded SMART Textile & Garments project team and their affiliated partners and associates.
Read moreTraining of Vocational Trainers in Zanzibar
The objective of the project is to improve the quality and practical orientation of Vocational Training in Zanzibar. The project will continue to support of the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) in setting up and running a Center of Competence for the qualification of vocational trainers and teachers which was already started in the first phase of the project. In addition, the project will work on piloting a vocational training course with practical elements. Possible sectors for the course are Household Electrics and the Hotel sector with a focus on Chef. Both occupations are relevant for the tourism sector which plays an important role in the Zanzibari economy.
Read moreVocational Training Promotion in Tanzania
The West German Chamber of Crafts and Skilled Council (WHKT) cooperates since April 2017 with the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) in Tanzania in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Partnership. The new apprenticeship trade ("agromechanic") which has been introduced in the first phase should serve as a model for other VETA trainingcentres. Therefore the institutions will receive guidance in the second phase. Moreover, the project shall support the training centre in Babati to provide practice-oriented training modules in maintenance and handling of agricultural machinery.
Read morePartnership project with employers' organisations
The second project phase of the Chamber and Association Partnership Project (KVP) between the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Business Training Centre (BWMV) and the Federation of Employers' Organisations of the Dnipropetrovsk region (FORD Dnipro) and the Federation of Employers of the City of Kiev (FEK) started on 1st April 2020. The project contributes to the improvement of the legal, administrative and institutional framework conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Dnipro and Kiev regions. The focus of the second project phase is to strengthen the organisational structure of the selected associations and to deepen the topics of vocational training, vocational orientation and regional development that were started in the first phase.
Read moreBOOST, Uzbekistan und Kyrgyzstan
The project aims at strengthening chambers and associations in the development of services in the field of energy efficiency and product standards and quality, which are relevant for the growth of MSMEs and for job creation in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. In particular, the project activities aim at improving the business-friendly environment and at increasing the performance of entrepreneurs and job seekers. Chambers and associations are thus capacitated and advanced to advocate for their members’ interest and to offer services, especially in the field of energy efficiency and product quality and standards in the agribusiness and food processing sectors in Kyrgyzstan and textiles in Uzbekistan. In addition, companies will be empowered with regard to financial management, energy efficiency and product standards and quality. Furthermore, job seekers will be trained to meet the special requirements of the textile and food processing sectors and on entrepreneurship, financial literacy and management.
Read moreSupport of Organic FairTrade Cacao from Colombia
The project aims to promote rural development in the regions of Huila, Tolima, Antioquia and Putumayo in Colombia by supporting about 300 cocoa farmers through training in organic productivity, quality and sustainability and by introducing innovative methods and technologies to improve traceability throughout the cocoa value chain. The ultimate financial and long-term viability of the project will be achieved through close relationships with buyers, to be established between the private sector and producer organisations. The project will work with the various supporting institutions in each region to formulate a training programme covering the components of the project. The expertise of each of these institutions, as well as external consultants who can provide specific expertise, will be used and shared to create an information base with detailed knowledge of organic cocoa farming in Colombia.
Read moreChamber development of the CCM in Mozambique
The Mozambique Chamber of Commerce (CCM) is currently undergoing a restructuring and reconstruction phase in order to strengthen its competence as a service provider for national and regional enterprises, especially MSMEs, and to become more visible as a lobbyist for the private sector. The aim of the project is therefore to strengthen CCM as a visible and competent partner for companies and representatives of the private sector so that the chamber can contribute to an improved business environment and to strengthening the competitiveness of MSMEs in Mozambique. The main lines of action of the project are to improve the organisation and management of the CCM, to develop demand-oriented services of the Chamber for MSMEs and to strengthen the dialogue with the government.
Read moreGhana: Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Associations
Though an organizational strengthening of the partner associations FAGE and VEPEAG as service providers and interest representatives for their members the project aims at achieving income effects on the level of the individual farms in the fruit and vegetable, root and tuber (FVRT) sector. At the end of the project the partner associations should be able to sustainably offer training and export services (e.g. trainings in Global GAP) to their member farms and the farm's contracted outgrowers and to assure the quality of the value chain in the FVRT sector. Thus, the associations will contribute to higher investments and better jobs in the sector.
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