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Capacity Building Needs Assessment of
MI Local Partners in Cambodia and Lao PDR/
Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry
along East-West economic Corridor
By
Ms. MITH Somountha: YGMS (Cambodia)
Ms. Nattakarn Sahavacharin: MI staff
Ms.Phiengphaneth Chanthalangsy: YGMS (Lao PDR)
Outline
1 Introduction
- Rationale (MI local partners)
- Rationale (LCOCI)
- Research questions
- Research objectives
2 Conceptual Framework
3 Scope and Limitations
1 Introduction
Rationale (MI local partners)
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
Yunnan Province
and
Guangxi Autonomous Region
Myanmar
PR China
Thailand
Lao PDR
Cambodia
Vietnam

Land area of 2.6 million square kilometers

About 325 million people live within the GMS region
Cambodia and Lao PDR are considered to be least
developed countries among GMS countries
4500
4000
3901
3500
3308
3000
GDP
2500
2000
1500
1009
1000
909
779
500
0
Thailand
Thailand
China
China
Viet Nam
Vietnam
Lao PDR Myanmar Cambodia
Lao PDR Myanmar Cambodia
In 2006
Lao PDR
Cambodia
Rural population (%
of total population)
71.4
79.7
Agriculture, value
added (% of GDP)
34.7
31.7
www.worldbank.org
Improving rural development is important
 Human resource development in rural development works is
needed.
 MI would like to do research on capacity building need
assessment which focus on
- Cambodia: The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development
(CARD)
- Lao PDR: key government partners (assigned agencies)
CARD Structure
Lao PDR

Assigned agencies
- Ministry of Planning and Investment (Dept of
International Cooperation)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rationale (the Local COCI)
Rationale (LCOCI)

A Local Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is
normally a voluntary association whose membership is
comprised of companies, civic leaders, and individual
business people. Its members seek to promote the
interests of business, typically in a broad-based way.
(Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/chamber-of-commerce)

The Local COCI along the EWEC can play crucial role
to encourage the transboundary trade. Their roles are
not limited only to support provincial economic
development but also support cooperation program,
cooperate & promote trade with other cities/countries,
provide education/information support to community,
and coordinate with other COCI.
(Source: the ADB Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report, December
2008)

Therefore, the local COCI capacity building
need assessment is crucial to be addressed
since they can enhance, support and facilitate
public and private sector to develop in their
respective geographical location.

However, each local COCI along the EWEC
have difference capacity. Therefore, the MI
would like to research on this topic in order to
provide a series of capacity building training
programs to enhance their institutional,
organizational and human resource capacities.
Capacity Building is a planned development of (or
increase in) knowledge, output rate, management,
skills, and other capabilities of an organization
through acquisition, incentives, technology, and/or
training
Source : http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/capacity-building.html
Research Questions :
 What are the essential skills that need to be
provided in order to enable MI local
partners/local COCI to perform their maximize
ability?
Research Objectives :
 To understand the current capacity of each MI
local partners/local COCI
 To find out the capacity gab in each level of MI
local partners/local COCI which need to be
addressed
 To provide suitable training programs to
enhance their capacity
2 Conceptual Framework
Assessment of Needs
Human Resource
Development:
- Understanding
- Skills
- Access to information
- Knowledge
- Trainning
COCI
Organizational
Development:
- Strategy & Structure
- Process & Procedure
- Relationship
Mandate
Current
Status
Identify
CBN
Provide suitable
trainning
programs
Institutional
Development:
- Coherence
- Coordination
- Governance
Source : Toward a Capacity Development Framework for Lao PDR: A Report on an Assessment Technique
Used for the Ministry of Education, 2008
3 Scope & Limitations
Scope:
Data will be collected from the local COCI in 11 cities
from 4 countries along EWEC which are
Myanmar : Myewaddy
Thailand
: Maesot, Phitsanulok, Khonkaen, Kalasin,
Mukdahan
Laos
: Savannakhet, Dansawan
Vietnam
: Lao Bao, DongHa, Danang
Limitation:
 Language
 Time (3 months)
Methodology and Data Collection

This study will use a survey to determine
“Capacity Building Need” of the Local
Chamber of Commerce & Industry along
EWEC including :
 Questionnaire survey with officers in each
local COCI
 In-depth face to face interview
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