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Programme Component:
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ASIA INTERPRISE
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Types of Activity:
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B2B
Matchmaking & International
Inter-Firm
Cooperation
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Duration
of the Project:
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16 months
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Project Abstract:
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Project Objectives
2. Main Activities
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Milestones/Keys
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1.
Project Objectives
ETHICMATCH
is a project which aims at supporting business co-operation in Europe and Asia between socially
responsible SMEs operating in the whole child garment supply chain. A
number of at least 400 enterprises, among Italian, Spanish, Indian and
Pakistani SMEs, complying with working conditions codes of conduct, will be
promoted through the Project Portal and other locally implemented
activities. A selection of them (45 visiting and 60 hosting companies) will
take part in a three-day physical business matching event. Project leader
is the Consorzio Bimbo Italia joining, as partners, the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce,
the Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Valencia
and the Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization (WELDO, Pakistan).
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2. Main Activities
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Creation of ETHICMATCH
Portal;
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SMEs recruitment in the
countries involved;
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Social accountability
and social auditing training for Partnership internal staff;
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Working conditions
verification on candidate firms;
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Implementation of an
enterprise Data Base and catalogue preparation;
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Technical assistance
and matchmaking preparatory activities – including research of market
opportunities in the garment supply chain -, active business partner
research, physical matchmaking actions – including tailor-made meetings -;
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Participation to
India International Garment
Fair 2007;
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Follow up – including
legal and contractual advisor consultancy;
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Project evaluation.
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3.
Milestones/Key Indicators
Main indicators could be the number of enterprises recruited and
selected, number of enterprises that have visited ETHICMATCH portal,
ETHICMATCH intranet section records, number of face-to-face meetings
requirements gathered, number of inter-firm agreements signed, export
trades of the involved companies, number of Euro-Asian SMEs that
have improved working place labour conditions, number of targeted technical
assistance required by the companies to conclude a partnership agreement.
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