1. UNIDO SME Upgrading & IP Tom Kenyon PhD Industrial Development Officer

2. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Integrate projects and research: use projects to test hypotheses: e.g. what works to encourage uptake of IP among SMEs in dev. countries? Division of labor: research team (WIPO) designs intervention, analyzes data; project team (UNIDO) manages intervention, collects data Benefits: sharper impact assessment & more carefully designed interventions Opportunity Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5

3. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UN mandate to encourage sustainable industrial development (esp. agribusiness) Focus on technical assistance (not research): policy advice, institutional capacity-building, markets for business development services Operate mainly at meso level: clusters & associations of firms (not individual firms) UNIDO Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5

4. 4 Automotive Companies Mining Companies Power Companies Transport Companies Agriculture Companies Coordinate Buyer Requirements Gap analysis Facilitated self- assessment Upgrading plans Investment projects LARGE BUYERS Benchmarking LOCAL SUPPLIERS UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION UNIDO & Supplier Development

5. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Automotive Component Supplier Development Program (SA) Component of SA Industrial Policy Program (DTI) Combines benchmarking & soft upgrading (learning by doing) Service delivery via AIDC; clustering for knowledge transfer UNIDO role as advisor/monitor (substitute for DTI) Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 3 of 5

6. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Incorporate collaborative R&D upgrading module into Phase 2 AIDC Program (2010) Include survey questions in initial and final benchmark (control & treatment) Preliminary proposal by early October 2009: TK discuss with AIDC/DTI/CIPRO/NTI Proposal: making it work Reducing poverty through sustainable industrial growth IFIP Unit-Slide 4 of 5

7. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Thank you! t.kenyon@unido.org