TPSA Project Implementation Highlights for the period 2014 ... · Presentation Organised by Beneficiaries and Themes: ... and 2018, compared to 6 cases in 2016. 6. Directorate General

TPSA Project Implementation Highlights

for the period 2014-2019

focusing on

Knowledge and Skills Acquired

and

Outcomes, Impacts and Benefits Gained

By Greg A. Elms

Field Director, TPSA Project

Presented at TPSA Project Final Project Steering Committee Meeting #5 - June 28, 2019

Building People, Empowering Organizations

▪ Increasing Access to Knowledge

▪ Enhancing Business Linkages

▪ Strengthening Analytical Skills and Knowledge

▪ Improving the Regulatory Framework

WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS& DISSEMINATION EVENTS PARTNERS & BENEFICIARIES

PUBLICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES

102 Events

4 Investment Webinars

99.45% Reporting Increased Trade and Investment Knowledge/Skills

28 Ministry of Trade Directorates

43 Government Ministries/Agencies

500 Private Sector Organizations (Firms & Associations)

20 University/Research Institutes

80 Activity Briefs

63 Training Material Sets

20 INATRIMS Commodities

9 Investment Presentations

11 Guidelines and Manuals

20 Reports

2780 ParticipantsWorkshops/Training1462 F/1318 M

2979 ParticipantsDissemination Events2334 F/655 M

80 “Knowledge Capture’ Activity Briefs

Reports, Guidelines, Manuals

Presentation Organised by Beneficiaries and Themes:

Main Beneficiary Stakeholders

1. Directorate General for National Export Development

2. Trade Policy Analysis and Development Agency

3. Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Order

4. Directorate General of International Trade Negotiation

5. Private Sector Industry Associations

6. Directorate General of Foreign Trade

7. Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM)

8. Small and Medium Enterprises in Priority Sectors

Cross-Cutting Themes

9. Gender Equality

10.Environmental Sustainability

Focus on Benefits to Stakeholders (Outcomes)

ACTIVITIES (Outputs)

• Joint analysis and selection of priority exports to Canada

• Workshop on Services Export Promotion

• Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) Courses

• Export Development MoU Drafting Workshop

• Step-by-Step Guides for Exporting to Canada

• How to Prepare Market Research Reports Training

• How to Select SMEs for Trade Shows Workshop and Manual

• How to Prepare for, Participate in and Benefit from Trade Shows

1. Directorate General for National Export Development (DGNED)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• Deeper operational understanding of priority products and

commodities for export to Canada

• How to apply an analytical method to identify priorities for

export promotion to any country, in order to better target

valuable promotion resources.

• Framework or Road Map for Services Export Promotion

Strategy, which has been further developed with ISD.

• FITT Courses on 8 topics has increased understanding of

how international trade works, which has helped to improve

the training curriculum for SMEs and is contributing to

improved policy and regulatory formulation.

• Sustainable Tools in the form of Guidelines and Manuals for

key export promotion activities are being used (MoU

Negotiation, How to Export, Market Research Reports, SME

Selection, Trade Show Participation)

1. Directorate General for National Export Development (DGNED)


• Internship on Enhancing Indonesia’s

Exports to Canada

• Economic Modelling of Indonesia’s

Exports

• Analysis of Non-Tariff Measures and

their impact on Competitiveness

• Internship on Services Trade in

Indonesia

• Internship on Canadian Food and

Product Standards

• WTO Trade Remedies Workshops

• Global Value Chains Workshop

2. Trade Policy Analysis and Development Agency (TREDA)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• Skills to apply a comparative-advantage analytical method to

determine market-driven priorities for export promotion for any given

country, by applying this model for Canada.

• Enhanced ability to model Indonesia’s trade under different economic

scenarios

• Skills to analyse Non-Tariff Measures and identify opportunities to

improve Indonesia’s competitiveness by reducing NTMs

• Increased understanding of the importance of Services trade in the

Indonesian Economy.

• Increased knowledge on how to defend against unfair trade practices

and import surges and provide quality inputs to relevant committees.

• Increased skills for identifying barriers to competitiveness by

analysing global value chains

• Overall, TREDA has gained important knew knowledge and skills that

are assisting them to fulfill their mandate which is to undertake and

support the analysis and development of effective trade policy for the

Ministry of Trade.

2. Trade Policy Analysis and Development Agency (TREDA)


• 20 sectors of Canadian content added to

INATRIMS international standards portal

• Workshop on Canadian Standards and

Food Safety Practices

• Internship on Canadian Food and Product

Standards

• Testing Lab training on Canadian Product

Standards for Footwear and Apparel

• Study visit to Canada on Standards and

Consumer Protection Systems

3. Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Order (DGCPTC)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)▪ DG CPTC is currently integrating knowledge

gained to improve policy and consumer

protection in Indonesia, especially in Metrology.

▪ DG CPTC obtained important inputs for

establishing Indonesia National Quality

Assurance (NQA) in Indonesia

▪ Testing laboratories in Indonesia are now able

to conduct test on footwear and apparel

products according to Canadian standards,

which will give benefit to exporters.

▪ Better knowledge about and access to

Canadian standards and technical regulations

▪ Professional relationships have been

established with related institutions in Canada

3. Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Order (DGCPTC)


• WTO Trade Negotiation Simulation Training

• Geneva Study Visit on Services Trade Negotiation

• Services Trade Internship and Workshop

• Ministerial Conference Training (MC10 and MC11)

• Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements workshop

• Internship on Public-Private Consultation

Mechanisms (PPC)

• Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) Training

• Investment Facilitation Negotiation Training

4. Directorate General of International Trade Negotiation (DGITN)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• New staff gained knowledge and skills which has

improved their ability to support the numerous

trade agreement negotiations taking place

• Existing and senior staff gained new insights to

apply into important emerging areas such as trade

in services, the Trade Facilitation Agreement, and

Investment Facilitation Agreements as well as

Ministerial Conference topics.

• Public and Private Stakeholders are working more

closely together and have improved the

implementation of public-private consultation

(PPC) mechanisms in Indonesia

4. Directorate General of International Trade Negotiation (DGITN)

ACTIVITIES (Outputs)• WTO Trade Negotiation Fundamentals workshop• Advanced WTO Trade Negotiations Simulation course• Trade in Services and Services Export Promotion workshop• Best Practices in Investment Promotion and Facilitation workshop• Gender and Trade Focus Group Discussion Sessions • Trade in Services Negotiations and Reforms Forum• Trade Remedies Introductory and Advanced workshops• Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Training course• Renewable Energy Road Map Focus Group Discussions• Position Paper Preparation workshop• Internship and Recommendations on Public Private Consultation

Mechanisms• Guideline on Public Private Consultation and Developing Position Papers• Trade Facilitation Agreement workshop• Participating in and benefitting from International Trade Shows workshop• Investment Facilitation Negotiation workshop

5. KADIN, APINDO, APRISINDO, API, SCAI(Private Sector Associations)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)

• Representatives of KADIN, APINDO, APRISINDO and API have gained a deeper and broader knowledge and skills of all aspects of international trade negotiation and implementation.

• This increased knowledge and skills have enhanced the ability of the private sector to be an active effective stakeholder supporting Indonesia’s expansive trade agreement agenda.

• Government and private sector stakeholders are working together and are implementing improved public-private consultation mechanisms to support real-world trade negotiations, thereby strengthening Indonesia’s negotiation position

5. KADIN, APINDO, APRISINDO, API, SCAI(Private Sector Associations)


• Introductory Workshop on WTO Trade Remedies

• Advanced Workshop on WTO Trade Remedies

• Course on WTO Law and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms by the Advisory Center on WTO Law (ACWL)

6. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• Knowledge gained is now being actively applied to real-world trade disputes

• This has improved quality and decreased time and costs of cases

• Ministry of Trade staff and staff of other technical ministries are now applying their new

knowledge and skills to better manage, prevent and resolve situations involving dumping,

import surges and handling disputes via an improved understanding of the WTO framework

• Participation by other technical ministries has reduced the potential for them to inadvertently

trigger future disputes against Indonesia.

• Reduced risk of disputes triggered by other technical ministries is expected to reduce the

future costs and workload of the Ministry of Trade and the Government of Indonesia.


BENEFITS (Outcomes)• Positive impact on the performance of the Directorate of Trade Defense (DPP) and other

related trade remedies units as a result of new knowledge and skills in handling trade

remedy cases.

• Better understanding by MoT and other Ministries on WTO legal regulations and

frameworks, resulting in increased awareness on how to formulate regulations that

would not trigger subsidies allegations or disputs.

• Increase in DPP’s ability to analyze and make submissions at each stage of the trade

remedies investigations. Indonesia was able to successfully terminate 17 cases in 2017

and 2018, compared to 6 cases in 2016.



• Identifying and meeting Canadian Investors

• Masterclass in Investment Promotion and

Facilitation

• Manual for Handling Investor Enquiries –

1300 copies circulated nationally and

provincially

• Workshops on FDI Attraction Strategy

Development

• Guideline on Developing an FDI Attraction

Strategy – 100 copies circulated to policy

and strategy makers.


BENEFITS (Outcomes)

• Understanding of current Canadian

investor priorities and engagement

methods

• Effective tools and methods for promoting

and facilitating investors demonstrated

and shared with national and

provincial/city agencies

• FDI Attraction Strategy development

model for use by policy makers

• Enhanced staff training curriculum


BENEFITS (Outcomes)BKPM has:

• Gained an understanding of current Canadian investor

priorities and engagement methods

• Gained additional knowledge and practical experience

on effective tools and methods for promoting and

facilitating investment

• BKPM has shared this knowledge with operational staff,

and with regional and provincial agencies responsible

for this function.

Progress is being made towards implementing these tools

and strategies, and the knowledge shared has already been

incorporated in BKPM’s training curriculum.



• How and why to export to Canada (Industry Cluster Workshops)

• Workshops, face-to-face and online coaching on Product Development, Marketing, Branding, Export and Import Procedures

• Trade Show Participation including Preparations and Follow-Up

• Buyers Missions from Canada to Indonesia• Hands-on participation of MoT staff in the

SME capacity building activities.

8. Small and Medium Enterprises(Footwear, Apparel, Coffee Sectors)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)

• New product designs that match North American tastes and measurement standards

• More effective marketing materials (websites, business cards, price lists, brochures, catalogs, communications templates)

• Improved communications and response times with prospective buyers

• Increased confidence and ability to participate in international trade shows and secure new buyers

• Increased exports by participating SMEs (CDN$ 6.4 million to date)• TPSA gained an understanding of knowledge gaps facing Indonesian

SMEs, enabling the project to develop knowledge resources on how to export, and how to participate in and benefit from international trade shows

• These knowledge resources are being sustainably used by Ministry of Trade, Industry Associations and SMEs to demystify the process and benefits of exporting for SMEs

8. Small and Medium Enterprises(Footwear, Apparel, Coffee)

ACTIVITIES (Outputs)• Conduct of Gender and Trade Dialogue fora as venues

for information sharing• Capacity strengthening of MoT on gender

mainstreaming▪ Gender-sensitive value chain analysis

training (GSVCA) for▪ Support to mainstream gender-responsive

planning and budgeting• Gender and Trade Survey to identify areas where TPSA

could assist women-led SMEs▪ TA on Access to Capital ▪ TA on Access to Markets▪ TA on Access to Market Information▪ TA on Building Leaders of Cooperatives▪ Internship in Canada on approaches to enhance

women’s entrepreneurship

9. Gender Equality (Cross-Cutting Theme)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• TA on Access to Capital facilitated linkages between women-

led SMEs and Financial Service Providers• Training on Digital Marketing increased knowledge and skills

of women-led SMEs in how to improve Access to Markets via digital channels. This training material has now been added to the Indonesian Export Training Center online business course .

• Development of an Improved IWAPI website and membership platform to increase access to market information and buyers for their 30,000 members across Indonesia.

• Leadership training for women coffee farmers has given them the confidence to become leaders of their cooperatives, and training materials have been developed to enable such training to continue in the future.

• Increased knowledge of key stakeholders on gender & trade issues.

9. Gender Equality (Cross-Cutting Theme)


• Worked with target SMEs in the apparel and footwear industries to implement and benefit from cleaner production methods

• Awareness-raising for government and non-governmental stakeholders on the interdependency between trade and environmental/natural resource sustainability

• Worked with lead coffee farmers and agricultural extension officers to implement environmentally friendly techniques and practices improve their environmental sustainability

10. Environmental Sustainability (Cross-Cutting Theme)

BENEFITS (Outcomes)• SMEs participating in environmental performance improvement activities

have reduced wasted employee time and efforts, excess inventory, and rejected products. Other resource-efficiency measures have helped to reduce production waste, pollution and energy consumption, which in turn improve the competitiveness of their products and their potential to be exported.

• These manufacturing SMEs provide role-models for other SMEs to replicate and have raised awareness of the benefits of cleaner production.

• Coffee farmers have gained practical environmentally friendly farming skills to improve composting, pruning, cutting, grafting, as well as pest and disease control. These have allowed them to increase production without expanding coffee growing areas, which could otherwise contribute to deforestation.

• Exporters are more aware of Canada’s environment-related regulations, and the market trends for sustainable products, and the role of voluntary sustainability standards (ecolabels) in the Canadian market via the project’s market research reports, INATRIMS content, and other publications.

10. Environmental Sustainability

Success Stories (SMEs, Gender)

SMEs

Gender

Success Stories (SMEs)

• More Effective Marketing Results in Indonesian Coffee Exports

• Apparel SMEs Develop New Products for North American Market

• Sustainable Economic Growth Through the Expansion of Indonesian Coffee

Exports to Canada

• SME-Produced Clothing Gets More Effective Marketing

• Sustainable Economic Growth Through the Expansion of Indonesian Apparel

Exports to Canada

• Indonesian Footwear SMEs Successfully Market Their Products

• Sustainable Economic Growth Through the Expansions of Indonesian Footwear

Exports to Canada

• Indonesian Footwear Producers Launch New Product Lines for Canadian

Consumers

Success Stories (Gender Equality)

• A3 Cooperative: A Women-Exclusive Cooperative

• The Indonesian Export Training Center Adds TPSA’s Digital Training Course to

it’s Curriculum

• Helping Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs Export Thru Digital Marketing

• Building Confidence and Creating Change – Isna’s Story

• Women Coffee Farmers Gain Confidence to become Cooperative Leaders

• Supporting Efforts to Mainstream Gender in Government

• Gayo Coffee Women’s Forum: A Space to Build Community and Confidence

Success Stories (Environment, Government)

Government

Environment

Success Stories (Government, Environment)

Government

• Demonstrating Effective Tools and Methods for Promoting and Facilitating

Investment

• Increasing Awareness of Canadian Standards and Regulations to Enable

Increased SME Exports

• Expanding the Growth of SME Exports to Canada and the World

• Improving the Capacity of Indonesian Officials to Understand WTO Law and to

Defend Against Unfair Trade Practices

• Enhancing the Capacity of the Trade Policy Analysis and Development Agency

• Strengthening Skills and Knowledge to Expand International Trade Cooperation

Environmental Sustainability

• Lessons Learned from The Field: TPSA Environmental Results in the Coffee

Sector

• Improving SME Environmental Performance: Lessons Learned from the TPSA

Project Initiative

Building People, Empowering Organizations

On behalf of the entire TPSA Team, we would like to thank all of you

for your excellent participation, enthusiasm and cooperation.

We have achieved much and learned much from working together.

We wish you all the very best in the future and we will miss you!

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TPSA Project Implementation Highlights for the period 2014 ... · Presentation Organised by Beneficiaries and Themes: ... and 2018, compared to 6 cases in 2016. 6. Directorate General