Lessons Learned from the Zambia Green Jobs Programme Thursday 7 September 2017

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1 Lessons Learned from the Zambia Green Jobs Programme Thursday 7 September 2017

2 Who are we? Panelists Matthias Ploeg, DCED Ismo Heimonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. Heta Pyhalahti, Finpro, Finland Trade Center for Southern Africa Fiorina Mugione, UNCTAD Tapera Muzira, Zambia Green Jobs Programme Moderators Tom Wambeke, ITC-ILO Jens Dyring Christensen, ILO,

3 The nexus between an enabling business environment and green growth?

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6 Green Growth Business Environment Reform

7 How can entrepreneurship contribute to a country's development objective, addressing supply side-constraints? What are the lessons from the ZGJP?

8 Policy options to develop value chains integrating SMEs ILLUSTRATIVE NOT EXHAUSTIVE Regulatory prerequisites Capability building and strengthening the local business environment Incentives, promotion and outreach Tilting the playing field Stable general commercial law Specific laws governing certain non-equity modalities (e.g. recognizing licensing, franchising contracts, ) Appropriate IPR protection Policies to facilitate the upgrading of technological, quality, productivity standards of local firms Policies to support minimum standards of working conditions and CSR standards in local firms Enterprise development policies, increasing local entrepreneurial drive, business facilitation Subsidies, fiscal incentives for start-ups (including for, or specific to, nonequity forms) Facilitation of development of non-equity relations, e.g. IPA services, matchmaking, negotiation support, model contracts, Information provision, awareness building on non-equity opportunities with local entrepreneurial groups Selective industrial policies Selective targeting of foreign investors vs potential non-equity partners (e.g. by IPAs) Trade regime exceptions favouring development of domestic industrial through non-equity relationships

9 The UNCTAD Entrepreneurship Policy Framework comprises 6 areas that have a direct impact on entrepreneurial activity

10 The Business Case for Green Building in Zambia Construction of complete housing units Incremental building, upgrading and retrofitting Construction of expandable starter cores Capital-intensive approach reduces affordability, unless otherwise mitigated Largest currently existing market segment High affordability and strongly growing demand projected for the future

11 Lesson learned and good practices of green construction with skills development

12 Demonstration of green construction principles in 3 demo house at Lumwana and Kalumbila Detailed design, localisation Tender process and selection of contractors Architectura l competition Construction Ecology Economy Environment Target setting phase Feedback Evaluation Ecology Economy Environment 18/09/

13 Future challenges things to be solved How to decrease the costs of the houses? How to find the financing for scaling and replication? How to turn the green technology as daily business? How to continue the development and take the next steps in the circe of development of technical solutions and the process? Quality control and quality attitude as daily practise Maintenance as daily business/practise; service book Monitoring of the performance, evidence Continuous demonstrations => next version always better than earlier

14 Soweco General Dealers Lapinta road network limited Rads Engineering & General Supply Ltd Thorn Park Construction Training Centre Mutinta Sichali Architects MLN Associates Barrick Lumwana KTDC Kalumbila Provincial planning office Solwezi Clerk of works Workers 18/09/

15 From a business linkage perspective what are the success factors for the creation of green jobs? 1

16 ZGJP Success Factors What worked well and what did not work well?

17 What worked well? Systemic and Integrated approach Focus market entry on a well-connected sector Develop a clear business case Market Facilitation NOT Crowding Out Make national policy actionable for enterprises, their industry and consumers Not just jobs but better jobs Institutionalize training with accredited institutions Complementarity with other partners

18 What did not work well? Risk sharing with the private sector Underestimated time needed for mind set change Too narrow focus on a sub-sector of construction (residential housing)

19 Thank You!