Transcript SWITCH-Asia support for the private sector

SWITCH-Asia support
to private sector
Brussels – 26 September 2016
Presented by:
Rhoda Wachira
SWITCH-Africa Green
The SWITCH-Asia Programme
Promote economic prosperity and help reduce poverty in Asia via
Sustainable Consumption and Production (
) by encouraging a
sustainable growth with low environmental impact from industries and
consumers, in line with international environmental agreements and
processes.
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: Promote economic prosperity and help reduce
poverty in Asia via Sustainable Consumption and Production (
) by
encouraging a sustainable growth with low environmental impact from
industries and consumers, in line with international environmental
agreements and processes.
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SWITCH-Asia Components
1. Grant projects (90+)
2. Network Facility (NF)
3. Policy Support Components (PSCs)
3.1. National PSCs
(Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka)
3.2. Regional PSC
(National activities in India, China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Viet Nam,
Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia)
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SWITCH-Asia grant project location
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Private sector support: An overview
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Training and capacity-building
Access to green finance
Market access
Networking and synergies across industries & countries
Enabling policy environment (local & regional)
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1) Training and capacity-building
Extensive trainings and support activities are given to SMEs and industrial
clusters on:
- cleaner production
- resource efficiency
- sustainable product innovation
- green technology
In addition retailers and consumers are supported with awareness rising
activities and set up of green certification schemes on sustainable
consumption.
Training structures are scalable and based on potential for replication.
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2) Access to green finance
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Financial literacy trainings to producers
Green finance training to bankers and financial institutions (FIs)
Networking events liaising projects, stakeholders and FIs
In-depth compilation of green finance opportunities per country
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3) Market access
• Fairs and exhibitions
• Outreach to & engagement
of bigger international
players and supply chains
• Online marketplace (new)
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• Collaboration with consumer
organisations to create demand
• Trainings on business
development and marketing
strategies
4) Networking and synergies across industries & countries
• Matchmaking workshop arranged by projects
(involving SMEs and service providers / technology
suppliers, FIs & policymakers)
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• Thematic networking
events bringing
together practitioners
of specific sectors to
exchange lessons
learned, solutions and
ways forward.
• Study tours arranged
by projects to model
factory / company in
other countries
(involving SMEs,
partner university, and
policymakers)
5) Enabling policy environment
• National legislation in support of SCP efforts
• National roadmaps (e.g. Malaysia)
• Regional schemes (e.g. Lead paint elimination, ASEAN SHINE on
harmonisation of minimum energy performance standards)
• Policy dialogues between projects and policy-makers resulting in new
policies or policy amendments
• Policy-industry dialogue supported by case-studies from projects
• Policy consultations with private sector
• Policy review of projects and linkages to policymakers in countries
• Inclusion of projects in key policy training programmes such as
ASEAN+3 Leadership Programmes, Upcoming SCP Summer School for
South Asia (through SACEP – South Asia Cooperative Environment
Programme), India SCP Schools, and more.
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Examples of Regional PSC interventions in support to the
private sector
1) “Enabling environment for sustainable value chains and SCP in China”
Policy support programme focused on sustainable value chains in Textiles, Food &
Beverage sectors in China
http://www.switch-asia.eu/events/switch-asia-eu-china-policy-dialogue-on-sustainablevalue-chains/
2) “China Retail Sustainable Consumption Platform”
Aggregated and interactive data platform for China’s retailers and policymakers
http://www.switch-asia.eu/news/launch-of-an-online-platform-on-sustainableconsumption-in-china/
3) Green Hotel guidelines in Bhutan
Green rating system for hotel classification system.
4) “ASEAN Policy Roadmap for Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy
Technologies with ASEAN SHINE partners”
Goal: Identify key EE and RE technologies in ASEAN region, develop policy roadmap
for increased SCP of these techs for ASEAN ministerial adoption.
http://www.switch-asia.eu/news/switch-asia-and-the-international-copper-associationenter-into-a-cooperation-agreement-to-accelerat/
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More info at:
SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
c/o Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
tel. +49 202 4 59 58 -10
email [email protected]
www.switch-asia.eu