Competitiveness, Up-grading and Partnership Unit
Recognizing a great number of opportunities which exist in doing business with poor in various ways generating profit and long-term growth, the UNIDO BEP Service addresses the multitude of widespread constraints to capture these opportunities, such as:
- Lacking conducive regulatory environment and market information,
- Inadequate institutional and technical support infrastructure disabling industrial performance and competitiveness of SMEs,
- Weak knowledge and skills on the side of entrepreneurs in developing countries,
- Difficult access to financial services, and
- High up-front investments and transaction costs.
In doing so, the BEP Service seeks, through a combination of advisory and capacity building services, an opportunity to strengthen national capacities for the creation and continuous improvement of a business environment. Thus allowing the private sector to make a greater contribution to growth, employment and income generation.
Support is also provided for the creation and/or strengthening of the institutional infrastructure required for the formulation and implementation of industrial policies and strategies. Working with policy makers to identify constraints in the market environment and finding ways to address them, BEP strives towards enhancing of productivity and competitiveness within a market development perspective.
Functions
Areas of Focus
- Supporting development and implementation of effective private sector development strategies and policies
- Technology Foresight methodology for policy formulation
- Enhancing institutional, legal and administrative environment conducive for the growth of the private sector
- Strengthening advocacy capacities of business membership organizations
- Facilitating access of SMEs to crucial resources, such as finance and information
Developing global forum activities to support an enabling business environment
Industrial Policy & Strategy Development Programme
Broad-based dialogue among a wide array of stakeholders in developing countries has of late gained prominence for the elaboration of policies, strategies and action plans to create income and employment through the industrial sector's development.
Competitive Analysis Programme
What countries produce and export matters. Competitiveness analysis and international benchmarking help developing countries allocate resources more efficiently and formulate policies that target non-traditional, high value-added products.
Technology Foresight Programme
Technology Foresight (TF) aims at shaping the vision of future technology and industrial development to guide policy decisions and the allocation of resources to achieve the envisaged goals. The outcomes of the UNIDO TF initiative are policies and programmes that deal with innovation, industrial growth and competitiveness.
Improving Business Environments Programme
For the private sector to fully mobilize its potential as engine of growth, a sound business environment is required. UNIDO supports the creation of a conducive legal and regulatory framework as well as efficient support institutions in both the public and private sectors.
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