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Title: Capacity Building of Firms


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  • Capacity Building of Firms
  • The Role of Associations
  • Presented at
  • BIMILACI 2005
  • Washington, DC
  • April 7, 2005
  • Enrico Vink, FIDIC


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FIDIC POSITION
  • FIDIC strongly endorses the promotion of a strong
    and sustainable consulting engineering industry
    in every country.
  • Now have 73 member associations.
  • Represent over 35,000 firms and 1 million
    professionals in the consulting engineering
    business.

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The Industry
  • FIDIC surveys indicate variable stages of
    development in different countries.
  • Relates to both technical skills and management
    skills.
  • Need for Capacity Building understood.
  • Emphasis has been on technology transfer - now
    need to go beyond technology transfer.
  • New FIDIC Guide looks to bigger picture.

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Hurdles to Building Local Capacity
  • In house competition, from NGOs and individuals
  • Lack of finance for local firms
  • Lack of legal instruments and insurance cover
  • Lack of foreign language capability
  • Difficult tax business environment
  • Corruption
  • Lack of recognition by society
  • Grossly variable workloads
  • Limited access to MDB financed projects

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Hurdles at Project Level
  • Discrimination
  • Unclear short-listing procedures
  • Limited role in joint ventures
  • Poor transfer of know how
  • Poor contract documentation
  • Bureaucratic red tape
  • Slow payment
  • Corruption

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Keys to a Strong Local Industry
  • Steady work demand
  • Transparent and fair procurement
  • Financial resources
  • Modern technology
  • Managerial expertise
  • A strong national organisation
  • Government policy of support

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Industry Actions
  • Capacity Benchmarking
  • Management Training
  • Business Development

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Capacity Benchmarking
  • Surveys and information sharing
  • Support for local association growth
  • Support for Capacity Building programmes

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Management Training
  • Training courses
  • Training centres eg China, Korea, South Africa,
    India, East Africa
  • New Products Guide to Practice

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Business Development
  • Collaboration with Associations
  • Promotional materials
  • Lobbying with clients (understanding
    interpreting needs)
  • Training courses (in-house external suppliers)
  • Information (FIDIC info industry data)
  • Training kits (Finance, HR, PSM, BIMS)
  • Formation of a Construction Industry Group

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Partnering to Maximise CB
  • Linkage between local industry and client
    complimentary skills
  • Well informed clients trusted advisors
  • Interface with IFIs support for local industry
  • Meaningful JVs with international firms

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Collaboration with Agencies
  • The consulting industry has limited resources.
    There are a number of programmes which can assist
    Associations with Capacity Building
  • SEED (IFC), APDF, CPDF etc
  • Other MDBs

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SUMMARYCapacity Building
  • Improves the quality outcome of the constructed
    project
  • Supports local industry and economies
  • Supports capacity of agencies
  • Encourages younger professionals
  • Ensures sustainability
  • Requires greater support and collaboration

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Conclusion
  • FIDICs objective of being the global voice for
    the consulting engineering industry relies on the
    bottom up support of local firms and their
    national associations. Their growth and
    development, in turn, rely on alignment with
    client needs and those of society. That support
    must be both tacit and real, as a strong industry
    will be able to offer higher quality outcomes in
    a sustainable manner.

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  • Thank You
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