Bologna, May 8th, 2013
$ 385,4 M
in projects &
programmes
172 Member countries
842 Employed staff
HQ in Vienna
50 Field Offices
47 NCPCs
10 ITPOs
UNIDO today
No.2
UNIDO Thematic Priorities
Poverty reduction
through productive
activities
Energy & environment
Trade & capacity
building
No.3
UNIDO’s NETWORK
UNIDO and the ITPOs network
1. Linked to public and private Institutions in the field of Industrial Development
2. Redress Industrial Development Imbalance by bridging investments and
technologies to those Countries most in need of a promotional helping hand
3. Open up new opportunities for investors and technology suppliers
No.5
The Italian Government and UNIDO signed in 1985 an agreement aimed
at creating in Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) in Italy
INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
PROMOTION OFFICE (ITPO)
The Office’s mandate is to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
competitiveness in developing countries by facilitating transfer of financial,
technological and managerial resources necessary to implement industrial
projects as well as technology transfer in these Countries.
The activity is focused in the main Italian industrial excellence sectors,
such as agro-food, leather and footwear, garment and textile, energy and
environment.
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Assistance to Company Associations in Developing Countries
Preparation of
programmes of
technical assistance
Promotion of Investment
Opportunities coming from
Developing Countries
Services to
Institutions
Organization of study
tours for Institutional
Representatives
Implementation of the
Delegate Programme
Scouting of interested counterparts
Data collection
and diffusion
Identification and
promotion of projects
Services to
Companies
Assistance in fair
participation
Study Tour and
company visits
UNIDO ITPO Italy main Countries of intervention
Latin America
MENA
Argentina
Colombia
Chile
Ecuador
Egypt
Jordan
Morocco
Tunisia
Sub Saharan Africa
Asia
Cameroon
Ghana
Senegal
Mozambique
Tanzania
Armenia
India
Pakistan
Vietnam
SMEs Cluster Development Project in Vietnam
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SMEs Cluster Development Project in Vietnam
UNIDO
Govt. of
Italy
DGCS
Promotion of
business
partnerships
(B2B C2C)
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Cooperation agreement to
support SME development in
Viet Nam
Cluster
Development and
Upgrading
Govt. of
Viet Nam
ASMED/
MPI
Technical
assistance and
training
Cluster Development and Upgrading for enhancing competitiveness of Vietnamese SME
clusters/enterprise networks in local, regional, and global markets;
Twinning and Business Partnerships with Italian SME clusters/districts/enterprises,
networks and industry associations;
Cluster Development Policy upgrading and streamlining
No.11
Vietnam: Cluster & enterprise twinning (C2C)
Cooperation agreement
Textile/garments
Leather/Footwear
Wood/furniture
Viet Nam Clusters:
Italian Clusters:
• LOWER PRODUCTION COSTS
• FREE TRADE ACCESS TO REGIONAL
MARKETS
• LOCAL CONTENT
•DESIGN
•QUALITY
•MARKETING
•KNOW HOW
•PROJECT FUNDS
Dissemination of the
Industrial District
Model in Viet Nam
Promotion and
support to
business
agreements
Transfer of Italian
manufacturing
Know-how
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Status of implementation
Output 1: Cluster mapping and selection
Understand clustering in Vietnam, map existing clusters,
select pilot intervention sites
Selection of three sectors and pilot clusters completed in
June 2010:
• Garment & Textile:
• Wood & Furniture:
• Leather & Footwear:
HCMC; Hanoi/Hung Yen
Binh Duong, HCMC
HCMC
- Relevance in terms of employment and exports
- Potential for partnerships with Italian enterprises:
transfer of know how, complementary competitive
advantages
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Output 2: Cluster development and upgrading
Upgrade capacity of enterprises, associations,
institutions; networking..
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Cooperation agreements signed with partner industry
associations 3 sectors
Cluster Development Agents (CDAs) appointed and
started working to build linkages and promote joint
actions in the clusters
Capacity building on SME support and cluster
development methodology for SME support institutions
nationwide
Cluster workshops involving associations and ~ 100
enterprises; sharing of priority upgrade needs and
intervention proposals
First upgrade interventions executed by trainers linked
to Italian institutional partners (Polo Tecnologico
Pordenone, ACIMIT, Consorzio Univers. Pordenone)
– In-factory training for 20 furniture industries
– Benchmarking of the finishing processes in 10
textile industries
– Executive Master in Italy for 18 furniture
companies.
Output 2: Cluster development and upgrading
Upgrade capacity of enterprises, associations,
institutions; networking..
18
Vietnamese companies took part in the Executive Master:
Production Engineering and Management of Woodworking Industry
Output 3: Cluster & Enterprise twinning
Promote industrial (B2B) and institutional partnership
among Italy and Vietnam
• Through UNIDO ITPO Italy and in cooperation with the
Confederation of Italian Industries (Confindustria) as
institutional partner of the Project and other Italian
stakeholders
– Promote business and institutional partnerships
Italy/Vietnam
– Involve enterprises and technical institutions in technology
upgrading plans
• Over 100 among industries, consortia and associations in Italy
responded to a call for interests:
– Sensitization on the opportunities offered by the project to
Italian SMEs: internationalization, access to Asian markets
through win-win partnerships with Vietnamese industries
• A business partnership IT/VN successfully started and growing
on furniture production for local/regional markets
Enhancing awareness about opportunities in Vietnam
Vietnam Road Show Milan
Vietnam Road Show Padua
ASEAN Awareness Forum
300
Over
among companies and
associations in Italy
participated in the Vietnam
Road Show and
specialized desks
Vietnam Road Show Pesaro
Vietnam Road Show Bologna
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Output 3: Cluster & Enterprise twinning
Promote industrial (B2B) and institutional partnership
among Italy and Vietnam
40
Over
among companies and
institutions from Italy participated in the
Vietnam Forum “Enterprise Partnerships
for Development” at HCMC.
Have you planned any activity with
Vietnamese companies after the
Forum?
17.6% No
5.9% May be
76.5% Yes
230
More than
direct and tailored
meetings has been held with selected
Vietnamese industries, institutions and
service providers in the sectors of
textile and clothing, footwear and
leather products, and furniture.
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No.19
Mission Enterprise Partnerships
in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City 27-30 May 2013
Italian companies in wood/furniture and mechanical
In collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone and in sinergy with the
Handicraft And Wood Industry Association of Vietnam (HAWA)
Model of cooperation “CompanyToCompany”
1. Technical assistance to the Italian and Vietnamese SMEs
(CompanyToCompany model)
2. Governance/Clusters model
3. Advanced Training for local SMEs
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Thank You for the attention
Contacts:
www.unido.it
UNIDO ITPO Italy
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00186 – Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 06 6796521
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