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Project China

01/05/97 - 01/06/97

Technical Co-operation Mission

LML provided a Labour Force Specialist to lead a team comprising an Informal Sector Specialist and an External Trade Specialist, to provide assistance to the State Statistic Bureau (SSB) in the conduct and development of the Chinese Labour Force Survey (LFS) with the wider objective that information collected using internationally standard concepts, definitions and practices would be utilised in the formulation of future economic and employment policies in China

Project Vietnam

01/03/97 - 01/07/97

Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Programme, Ben Tre Province

The objectives of the project are to strengthen the capacity for poverty alleviation in Ben Tre province and the two pilot districts of Binh Dai and Cho Lach, and to provide a self help sustainable route out of poverty for approximately 8,200 poor rural households through the support for household and small-scale rural enterprise development and increasing their access to savings and credit facilities. The project would also improve the capacity to plan and implement infrastructure projects which benefit the poor and make use of labour intensive techniques. The SME specialist was responsible for:

undertaking a survey of small businesses and enterprises in the pilot district and communesevaluating the potential for the implementation and ultimate success of perceived requirements in terms of sustainabilitymet with local business people to identify the problems experienced in growth and expansionascertained the feasibility of establishing a Ben Tre Chamber of Commerceevaluate the constraints for lending to private entrepreneurs and new business by loan institutionsassessed training needs and recommended training institutionsformulated project proposals for assistance to existing and potential businesses either by direct intervention by UNDP or through existing lending institutions

Project Morocco

01/01/97 - 01/01/04

Euro – Maroc Enterprise

Landell Mills, as part of a consortium led by RDH (France), managed a project designed to improve competitiveness of local companies in light of the ‘Accord de libre échange’ with the European Union through company analysis and financial assistance for the purchase of consultancy services.

The project highlighted the activities of promotion and communication in order to improve the competitiveness of the companies. The EME project allowed a reorganisation of the administrative and account system. It took into consideration all the needs of the companies and elaborated a more efficient and flexible strategy in order to make the local companies more competitive on the market.

The assistance provided included:

Strategic diagnostic analysis, including the position of the business in relation to national and international competition. The resulting recommendations and strategic measures were taken in an action plan or business plan. Specific upgrades to assist businesses to undertake the recommendations of the strategic diagnostic analysis. One of the objectives of EME was to improve labour market skills and create employment opportunities and included the following components:Identification of the potentialities of linkages between Moroccan and European companies Finalisation of support projects to sectoral professional associations Realisation and preparation of cycles of training-action on technical subjects Targeting of the communication actions EME has supported over 400 Moroccan enterprises in various sectors including textile/clothing, mechanics and electric, chemistry, construction and industrial services.

Project

01/01/97 - 01/01/03

Rehabilitation of Windward Islands Banana Industry project

This project faced a Windward Island banana industry that was smallholder based, with fragmented land holdings. Moreover, collection & transport was expensive, & quality had dropped below that of a number of competitors. European countries had traditionally limited imports of more cost-effective producers from Latin America, but this strategy was being threatened by WTO regulations on quotas & tariff barriers. The project aimed to increase the productivity of growers, particularly by irrigation where appropriate, increase volumes & therefore per-unit shipping costs, & raise the profile of Windward Islands bananas by looking at niche marketing strategies. It is also advised on the restructuring of the industry, reducing costs & making it more market oriented. Key elements were:

management & financial consultancy; fresh produce marketing irrigation development; quality control; agronomy & land management; international trade policy advice.

Project Moldova

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Support to the Agricultural Restructuring Agency (ARA)

The newly-formed ARA is supported by the World Bank and EU-Tacis and has as its primary function the provision of support to newly privatised farms. The project targeted in particular the agricultural debt problem where it worked on issues of asset valuation, debt rescheduling and resolution and administration and liquidation procedures. It also worked with ARA to devise a strategy for the delivery of agricultural inputs through village level farmer groups which might subsequently evolve into cooperative businesses. As well as technical and financial advice, SwedFarm and LML provided consultancy inputs to develop an appropriate legal framework for agricultural restructuring

Project Uzbekistan

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Cotton Sub-Sector Improvement Project (Seed Technology)

Assistance to the restructured National Seeds Agency in the certification and testing of cotton and other seed material.

Project

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Veterinary Diagnosis and Control Programme

In a programme covering 13 countries, Landell Mills Ltd, in association with lead partner ALC of the Netherlands, provided technical assistance and training services with the general objective of improving diagnosis and control of epidemic diseases of livestock and assisting local Ministries in their plans to conform with EU legislation and practice. The anticipated output was for veterinary services to be more effective in maintaining national livestock populations free of epidemic disease.

Project Poland

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Grain Quality Standards Implementation Project

The project’s overall objective is to improve the production of cereals of the qualities required by domestic and international markets and strengthening the international competitiveness of the industry and preparing it for entry to the European Union. Specific objectives are to:Establish a system of grain quality standards which reflects end user requirements, is widely accepted by the industry and encourages the production of high quality cereals and the development of price premia and discounts reflecting quality differentials. Provide advice and support to the Grain and Feed Association (GFA) in the collection and dissemination of market and technical information to encourage the production of higher quality grain and to enhance the capacity of growers to respond to end user requirements and market signals. Also to provide ad hoc advice and support on other matters as requested by the Association. Increase producer and trade awareness of quality issues and end user requirements and to improve market transparency, the functioning of the market and its responsiveness to quality requirements by improving information flows in the market and developing institutional structures in the grain market that are supportive of these objectives. Improve knowledge and skills in grain marketing, storage, sampling, testing and quality control in the cereals industry

Project Uzbekistan

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Rural Agricultural Development Project, Ferghana Valley

Landell Mills, in association with Agrar Consulting of Germany provided specialists in cooperative group development, marketing and training to work with small farmer groups in the densely populated Ferghana Valley in order to strengthen their management capability. Technical specialists in irrigation management, horticulture and livestock completed the team. The project was seen as critical to the cautious reform programme in Uzbekistan as it provided a model for post-privatisation small-farm development. The project developed the pilot work carried out under EU-Tacis finance in 1994-97 to two new oblasts in the valley.

Project

01/01/97 - 01/01/99

Nizhny Novgorod Post Privatisation Pilot Project

Newly privatised farms in Russia lack access to working and investment capital and in many cases need radical restructuring. The project aimed to address these issues by assisting commercial banks to enter the agricultural sector, evaluate credit applications and monitor their loan portfolio.

The Landell Mills team advised farms on financial and business restructuring so as to achieve profitability on the modification of those oblast policies which distorted economic signals and on the development of agricultural markets which would enable farms to find outlets for their produce.

A three person residential team was put in place, supported by short terms specialists, local and expatriate, over a 30-month period. The credit, policy and marketing initiatives which proved most successful were extended to other oblasts prior to the completion of the pilot project.