The aim of the UNIDO Cluster Development Programme (CDP) in Pakistan is to contribute to the overall performance and collective efficiency of the small and medium enterprise clusters for sustainable development by assisting selected local communities of firms and associated institutions in the clusters. This entails the implementation of cluster support initiative in selected pilot clusters as well as assistance to central and local institutions in their programmes of cluster modernisation and restructuring. In the pilot clusters, like Wazirabad cutlery cluster , UNIDO strives to act as a catalyst bringing about the necessary qualitative changes at the cluster level. At the policy level, the primary purpose of UNIDO’s intervention is to customise its methodology to the Pakistan settings so that it can be shared with the partner institutions for replication.
At the request of various government organizations UNIDO is collaborating with the respective cluster actors in the development of five clusters (Cutlery in Wazirabad, Fans in Gujrat, Garments in Lahore, Leather in Karachi and Gems and Jewelry in Karachi) as pilot projects. The project is being implemented in several phases. |
