Sustainable Product Innovation in Vietnam, Combodia and Laos
Brief Description
The project “Sustainable Product Innovation in Vietnam, Combodia and Laos” strengthens the innovative power of industry to improve environmental and societal quality of products made in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The project aims to reach out to at least 500 companies in the most relevant sectors such as food processing and food packaging, textiles, footwear, handicraft and furniture. Activities include among others capacity building on project branding and marketing skill trainings for SMEs. Moreover, the project will promote sustainable public policy and procurement with 30 government organizations. The project wants contribute to improved innovative power of industry and improved environmental and societal quality of products made in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This will be realised by implementing Sustainable Product Innovation (SPI) on a significant scale in these three countries. The outcomes of the action will contribute to a decrease of environmental impact and improve social sustainability aspects connected to products over the whole lifecycle.
The specific objective of the action is that by the end of the action, Sustainable Product Innovation will be a proven approach in at least 500 companies in 5 of the most relevant industrial sectors in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (food processing including packaging, textiles, footwear, handicraft and furniture)
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March 2011
The SWITCH-Asia project Sustainable Product Innovation launched its website. Under www.spin-asia.org information on project progress is only a mouse click away.The SWITCH-Asia project aims to improve the innovative power of industry. It aims to strengthen environmental and societal quality of products made in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This will be realised by implementing Sustainable Product Innovation (SPI) on a significant scale in these three countries. The outcomes of the action will contribute to a decrease of environmental impact and improve social sustainability aspects connected to products over the whole lifecycle.
The project builds on experiences from ealier projects such as the success of "Cleaner Production for Better Products - CP4BP" project, which was carried out from November 2007 to July 2009.
February 2011
Experts under the SWITCH-Asia project “Sustainable Product Innovation” conducted a survey of enterprises and production and processing facilities Quan Hoa district. From 23 to 24 February a delegation of the Cleaner Production Centre of Vietnam (VNCPC) in the framework of SPIN and OneUN analysed flows in a forest product processing enterprises exported (mainly bamboo plywood) in Trieu Son, Thanh Hoa province. The main purpose of the trip included: rapid assessment of business process flows to identify missing elements in the process of sustainable production and thereby learn the strengths, weaknesses and potential of the bamboo industry in this thread. The SPIN project aims to network across the provinces and finding suitable businesses to participate in the SPIN network to support implementation of sustainable product innovation.
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Partner
TU Delft is the lead partner for the project
VNCC will be responsible for the regional coordination of the SPIN project.
In SPIN, AITCV will take part in capacity building and support for project beneficiaries.
LNCCI will facilitate identification and mobilization of SMEs for participation in the SPIN implementation in Lao PDR as well as relevant institutions and candidates for training.
CCPP is responsible for activities in Cambodia, including organising SI implementation and workshops and the selection process and administrative support of national participants in activities in Vietnam.
DTIE will be creating national awareness and capacity building within the three project countries’ government on sustainable product policies.