The project has been implemented by Vietnam Cleaner Production Center following activities:
– The first core activity to be carried out at the countries level was conducting a national need assessment study that includes analysis of the existing situation of SMEs with particular reference to their production efficiency and environmental impacts. The country assessment was undertaken to assess the industrial and SMEs profiles highlighting the main resource efficiency issues, and indicating the needs and suggestions of sectors for project implementation.
– The second activity was to organize a regional workshop on Regional Workshop on PromotingResource Efficiency in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The objectives of the workshop aimed to impart regional RE-CP experts/service providers with substantive and pedagogical knowledge and skills on promoting resource efficiency in SMEs (on the basis of the approach proposed in the draft toolkit); to validate the responsiveness and user-friendliness of the draft toolkit to users in developing countries. These being RE-CP experts and SMEs (more specifically SME directors and production managers); and to solicit input from the RE-CP service providers from the Region, for further development of the draft toolkit, training methodology and training manual
– After the workshop was organized, another training workshop for managers and staff from 12 selected SMEs was held in Hanoi. Main activities of this workshop are to introduce the draft toolkit to enterprises and how to use it in reality. Besides, staff from industrial enterprises were learn about the RE-CP methodology and also RE-CP options to use effectively water, energy, chemicals and improve safety at work.
– To apply the RE-CP methodology and the draft toolkit to enterprises, RE-CP assessment was implemented at 12 selected companies. This activity was followed the SME training workshop that trained key persons. The trained staff played a key role in approaching RE-CP at each company. There were 3 missions completed during 5 months from December of 2009 to April, 2010 in which RE-CP experts took part in RE-CP assessment at 12 SMEs.
– Between the second mission and third mission, an experience exchange workshop that allowed enterprises to share and exchange the experiences during implementation of pilot project demonstration at the enterprises were organized.