Donor: European Union
Implementation partners:
– WWF – Austria, WWF- Mekong (Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia)
– Vietnam Cleaner Production Center (VNCPC)
– Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI)
– Accreditation Committee of Cambodia (ACC)
Duration: 3 years (2009-2011)
Objectives
- Overall objective: By 2015, at least 50% of rattan processing in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is sustainable, leading to environmental improvements, strengthened competitiveness, poverty alleviation and national economic benefits.
- Specific objective: By end of the action at least 40% of all targeted Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the supply chain are actively engaged in Cleaner Production of rattan products in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and at least 15% of targeted processing SMEs are providing sustainable products to European and other markets, thus delivering a measurable improvement of this sector’s environmental performance.
Activities
- Inception and kick-off of the action as well as set up monitoring system;
- Engage with rattan pre-processors and traders to strengthen their capacity on village workshop management as well as CP through trainings and facilitate the establishment of business links along the supply chain;
- Introduce CP to processing SMEs through assessments and trainings;
- Introduce rattan certification to SMEs through trainings and support establishment of market links by improving product design capacity and interacting with retailers, e.g. at an international trade fair;
- Support the revision and better implementation of legislation through stakeholder workshops, piloting, providing legal advice and training;
- Implement a tailor-made communications strategy including media work, a dedicated website and a mobile exhibition; and
- Deliver trainings to increase the partners’ capacity and assist them to set up associations of rattan processing SMEs
