Capacity Building Needs Assessment of MI Local Partners in Cambodia and Lao PDR/ Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry along East-West economic Corridor

ByMs. MITH Somountha: YGMS (Cambodia)Ms. Nattakarn Sahavacharin: MI staffMs.Phiengphaneth Chanthalangsy: YGMS (Lao PDR)

Outline

1 Introduction

- Rationale (MI local partners)

- Rationale (LCOCI)

- Research questions

- Research objectives

2 Conceptual Framework

3 Scope and Limitations

Rationale (MI local partners)

1 Introduction

The Greater Mekong Subregion The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)(GMS)

MyanmarMyanmar

ThailandThailand

Yunnan Yunnan Province Province

and and Guangxi Guangxi

Autonomous Autonomous RegionRegion

PR ChinaPR China

Lao PDRLao PDR

VietnamVietnamCambodiCambodiaa Land area of 2.6 million square kilometers

About 325 million people live within the GMS region

Cambodia and Lao PDR are considered to be least developed countries among GMS

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GDP

In 2006Lao PDR Cambodia

Rural population (% of total population)

71.4 79.7

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)

34.7 31.7

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Improving rural development is important

Human resource development in rural development works is needed.

MI would like to do research on capacity building need assessment which focus on - Cambodia: The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) - Lao PDR: key government partners (assigned agencies)

CARD Structure

Assigned agencies

- Ministry of Planning and Investment (Dept of International Cooperation)

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lao PDR

Rationale (the Local COCI)

A Local Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is normally a voluntary association whose membership is comprised of companies, civic leaders, and individual business people. Its members seek to promote the interests of business, typically in a broad-based way. (Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/chamber-of-commerce)

The Local COCI along the EWEC can play crucial role to encourage the transboundary trade. Their roles are not limited only to support provincial economic development but also support cooperation program, cooperate & promote trade with other cities/countries, provide education/information support to community, and coordinate with other COCI.(Source: the ADB Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report, December 2008)

Rationale (LCOCI)

Therefore, the local COCI capacity building need assessment is crucial to be addressed since they can enhance, support and facilitate public and private sector to develop in their respective geographical location.

However, each local COCI along the EWEC have difference capacity. Therefore, the MI would like to research on this topic in order to provide a series of capacity building training programs to enhance their institutional, organizational and human resource capacities.

Capacity Building is a planned development of (or increase in) knowledge, output rate, management, skills, and other capabilities of an organization through acquisition, incentives, technology, and/or training Source : http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/capacity-building.html

Research Questions : What are the essential skills that need to be

provided in order to enable MI local partners/local COCI to perform their maximize ability?

Research Objectives : To understand the current capacity of each MI

local partners/local COCI To find out the capacity gab in each level of MI

local partners/local COCI which need to be addressed

To provide suitable training programs to enhance their capacity

2 Conceptual Framework

Assessment of Needs

     

 

Human Resource Development: - Understanding - Skills - Access to information - Knowledge - Trainning

 

COCI 

Organizational Development: - Strategy & Structure - Process & Procedure - Relationship

  Mandate Identify

CBN

Provide suitable trainning programs    Current

Status

 

Institutional Development: - Coherence - Coordination - Governance

 

     

Source : Toward a Capacity Development Framework for Lao PDR: A Report on an Assessment Technique Used for the Ministry of Education, 2008

3 Scope & Limitations

Scope:

Data will be collected from the local COCI in 11 cities from 4 countries along EWEC which are

Myanmar : Myewaddy

Thailand: Maesot, Phitsanulok, Khonkaen, Kalasin,

Mukdahan

Laos : Savannakhet, Dansawan

Vietnam : Lao Bao, DongHa, Danang

Limitation: Language Time (3 months)

Methodology and Data Collection This study will use a survey to determine

“Capacity Building Need” of the Local Chamber of Commerce & Industry along EWEC including :Questionnaire survey with officers in each

local COCIIn-depth face to face interview

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