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Cambodia: Creative Industries Support Programme
Cambodia
10-Sep-08
30-Nov-11
Keywords
Business development
Project description
The Creative Industries Support Programme, a partnership between UN agencies and local organizations, supported indigenous and Khmer artisans in four provinces of northern and eastern Cambodia. Its aim was to revive Cambodia�s cultural assets and create jobs, spur economic growth and reduce poverty by developing the country�s creative industries.
The programme sought to contribute to the preservation of Cambodia�s heritage, cultural diversity, and living arts while promoting their social and economic potential. It aimed to improve livelihoods, particularly for indigenous groups and women, from enhanced creative industries and boost the commercialization of selected cultural products and services in domestic markets.
Primary thematic area
Secondary thematic areas
Business development
Project details
Umbrella programme
Millenium Development Goals Achievement Fund
Accountable Org(s)
Millenium Development Goals Achievement Fund
Funding Org(s)
Food and Agriculture Organization; International Labour Organization; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementing/
Partner Org(s)
Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts; Cambodian Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy; Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Cambodian Ministry of Commerce
Project contact
N/A
Funding (USD)
Committed
Spent
$
$
$3,298,053
Project website
https://www.sdgfund.org/case-study/womens-empowerment-through-promotion-cultural-entrepreneurship-cambodia
http://www.mdgfund.org/sites/default/files/Cambodia%20-%20Culture%20-%20Final%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf
http://www.mdgfund.org/program/creativeindustriessupportprogramme
D-Portal link
Project evaluation
Evaluation source
Consultant evaluation reports (by Giovanni P. Dazzo) published at mid term and upon project completion. A combination of methods were used, including: desk review of international conventions, national legislative and policy frameworks, and programme documents; key informant interviews; fieldwork, composed of focus group discussions (FGDs) and village visits; and, report writing and analysis, informed by a series of evaluation questions and levels of analysis.
Evaluation methodology
Mixed
Programme targets
1.1 Government and civil society capacity to develop and implement policies and programme will be developed to strengthen the cultural sector;
1.2 Awareness raised about cultural diversity and indigenous peoples specificity in collaboration with national counterparts and development partners, through research and publications
1.3 Traditional skills are transferred to communities by development partners and artisan techniques are used by communities;
2.1 Fair and effective marketing networks established;
2.2 Organizational capacity of business development service providers is increased;
2.3 Improved technical skills and effective business development service delivery that respect the cultural practices of entrepreneurs and other stakeholders and promote better practice of natural resource management;
3.1 Recommendations for trade related legislation and implementation procedures presented to MoC to support the commercialization of selected cultural products of the target group;
3.2 Guidelines established and piloted to enable provincial publicprivate sector consultation to improve commercialization of cultural products;
3.3 Sales and promotion/ market access activities implemented for selected cultural products and services;
3.4 Official certification introduced to promote cultural products/services
Results achieved
321 producers (59% of them women) were trained in small business management and 715 artisans (69% women, 92% indigenous) were taught entrepreneurial skills, including marketing and quality control, exhibition, costing and consignment techniques. Programme participants had an 18% increase in sales of handicrafts.
Capacity building programmes were developed to enable 547 local female producers to generate supplementary income by selling their handicrafts. As a result, sales went up on average by 33 per cent (around US$ 50), and women, as producers, owned the revenue entirely which allowed for the purchase of school supplies, medicine, salt and clothes for their families.
Targets met?
1.1 Government and civil society capacity to develop and implement policies and programme will be developed to strengthen the cultural sector;
1.2 Awareness raised about cultural diversity and indigenous peoples specificity in collaboration with national counterparts and development partners, through research and publications
1.3 Traditional skills are transferred to communities by development partners and artisan techniques are used by communities;
2.1 Fair and effective marketing networks established;
2.2 Organizational capacity of business development service providers is increased;
2.3 Improved technical skills and effective business development service delivery that respect the cultural practices of entrepreneurs and other stakeholders and promote better practice of natural resource management;
3.1 Recommendations for trade related legislation and implementation procedures presented to MoC to support the commercialization of selected cultural products of the target group;
3.2 Guidelines established and piloted to enable provincial publicprivate sector consultation to improve commercialization of cultural products;
3.3 Sales and promotion/ market access activities implemented for selected cultural products and services;
3.4 Official certification introduced to promote cultural products/services
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