Monday, September 15, 2014
Cluster Competitiveness
The Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) Cluster Competiveness Programme (CCP) is a three year program organized through the multi-donor trust fund managed by the World Bank with funding from DFID and DANIDA. The aim is to improve the competiveness of Tanzanian economy in food processing, horticulture, and tourism. The ultimate purpose of the Cluster Competitiveness Project is sustainable increased competitiveness of strategic clusters of Tanzanian private enterprises.
TPSF-CCP provides assistance through a combination of industry specific training, institutional capacity building of associations and universities, improved public private dialogue between government and industry, and grants targeted at industry gaps.
Competitiveness largely refers to the productivity a company, industry cluster, or an entire country achieves. This can be measured by the prices realized against the cost to produce – the higher the ratio, the more productive the company, industry, and/or country. A cluster is a group of companies and associated institutions working in a common industry, usually benefiting from being located in the same geographic region.
Highlights to Date
- Over 3,700 participants have received training or technical assistance. This includes competitiveness training delivered to 500 Stakeholders led by our subcontractor from the University of Dar es Salaam College of Engineering and Technology (COET).
- Developed a National Competitiveness Task Force (NCTF) Framework designed to institutionalize a national competitiveness building agenda.
- Managed the development of the first Tanzanian National Competitiveness Report (TNCR) designed to be a vital flag to rally various private sector stakeholders to support key programs and reforms to advance Tanzanian’s competitiveness. This was developed alongside a competitiveness toolkit enabling local institutions to sustain its continued annual release.
- Helped improve capacity of fourteen associations to serve their members and extend their services in line with stated member needs.
- Helped improve curricula and skills delivery at four universities which will benefit thousands of students, while bringing the universities/training institutions closer to the private sector.
- Piloted an exciting model of public-private dialogue (PPD) called competitiveness partnerships. TPSF-CCP PPD initiatives include: the Tanzania Mainland Tourism PPP Forum, the Zanzibar Competitiveness Forum, and with the Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB), each moving toward sustainable public private consensus building. With the TDB, TPSF-CCP wrote a policy brief to eliminate 7 redundant licensing & inspection registrations.
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