2008 SNV NTFP strategy presentation

1. Overview of SNV’s work in
the NTFP Sector
SNV Lao PDR Strategy Launch
13 June 2008

2. SNV’s strategic sector focus in Lao PDR
• Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) provide a key coping
strategy for some 80% of the poor to secure food
 local use: USD 200 million/year (53 USD/person/year)
 local sales: USD 56 million/year
 export value: USD 5.9 million (2005)
• NTFPs prominent on government and development agendas
• Large potential for value adding in NTFP value chains
potentially benefiting poor and other actors
• To focus interventions SNV’s value chain choices are: bamboo,
paper mulberry and rattan shoots
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3. Impact target 2010 for SNV Lao
• Income gains for poor NTFP collectors targeting directly
10,000 households living under/on the poverty line and
increase employment with 3,600 new jobs, by:
 more efficient value chains = raising production, income
and employment = increasing prices + volumes of NTFP
trade (bamboo prices are predicted to increase 100%
within 1-2 years)
 sustainable production from managed forests and
domestication, improved quality, timely delivery, adding
value through product processing.
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4. Impact target 2010 for SNV Lao
• Improved capacity and leadership of 250 people working for
and in the value chains, by:
 more transparent quota and registering systems giving a
better overview of NTFP trade flows and increased tax
revenue for government = better service delivery.
 community participation in forest management
(empowerment)
 wider range of business service providers and capacity
builders available to the NTFP sub-sector.
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5. Sector objectives
• To contribute towards alleviation of
poverty, and help ensure environmental
sustainability
• To empower local gatherers and their
communities
• To build capacity at national and provincial
level to create an effective enabling
environment for the sector
• To support local capacity building
organisations at all levels throughout the
sector
• To provide NTFP knowledge services
across the Asia region
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6. How we work
SNV
• Provides capacity building and access to
knowledge support
• Strengthens government administrative
support systems
• Stimulates a wide range of business
service providers and capacity builders
• Develops value chain interventions
• Provides specific services supported by
cross-cutting advisors (governance, access
to finance, business development) and
SNV’s worldwide network
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7. Our products and services
• Organise multi stakeholder workshops with local government
department, associations and private sector to identify,
prioritise, agree and plan value chain interventions
(Houaphanh, Sangthong)
• Raise awareness (China, Vietnam) and develop participatory
strategic plans with Houaphanh province departments and
private sector to develop the bamboo sub-sector
• Facilitate workshops and field learning for Luang Prabang DOIC
to improve understanding on the importance of developing
effective services for the paper mulberry value chain
• Organise events for Sangthong district communities to
exchange knowledge with peers in Vientiane province
• Work together with local capacity builders to build such skills!
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8. Our clients and partners
Clients:
• Clients which promote positive change in selected value chains
• At province and district level:
 Public sector (government): DPI, DOIC, PAFO, DAFO
 Private sector: Souphaphone Bamboo factory
 Civil society organisations & local capacity builders: Gender
Development Group, Normai, Lao Development Network,
Enterprise Development Consultants
• At national level: MAF, DOF; MOIC, SMEPDO
Partners:
• Partners with (large scale) impact on poverty alleviation: WWF
and Prosperity Initiative
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9. Thank you