MSME in Organic Clusters Project

Financial Status as of End of March 2016

Estimated Budget Actual

Amounts to be
(in US$) Disbursements
disbursed for
# Grant Line Items accordnig to up to March Remarks
contracted
approved PP in 2016
Assignments
April 9th,2016 (in US$)

Component 1: Policy recommendations towards an enabling

environment for the development of MSMEs in organic
clusters

1 Mapping of Organic Clusters in Egypt 152,940 152,950 - Completed

2 Compiling Research on Best-Practices 24,220 24,224 - Completed

Potential growth assessment of 2-3 selected cluster and value
3 140,000 3,862 Under contracting
chain analysis
Multi Stakeholder dissemination Workshops
4.a 34,890 3,490 31,400 Contracted
(findings studies e.g. Mapping, Best practices…etc)
Multi Stakeholder dissemination Workshop/s for studies to be
4.b conducted by project 35,000
(e.g. growth assessment, policy recommendations…etc)
4.c Closing Event - GOODS 29,000
Policy Recommendations for organic cluster/s improvement
5.a 60,000
(Hand-made Carpets Cluster and/or Furniture clusters
5.b Developing Clusters National Strategy 180,000
Establishment of support information system/s for cluster
6.a development knowledge dissemination (such as GIS/ portal…etc. 85,000
incl. cost of software licenses/ webhosting)
Providing cluster MSMEs with Bar Coding and digital solutions
6.b 55,000
for improved exposure & visibility

Component 2: Institutional and operational capacity building

for key support institutions and stakeholders working with
organic MSME clusters

Addressing specific capacity development needs of stakeholders

7.a 20,000
(e.g. Soft skills, Resource mobilization training ...etc)

Build capacity of NGOs in targeted cluster (e.g. NGOs targeted

7.b 22,400 6,719 15,676 Contracted
clusters)
8 Creation of a basic BDS pricing system 25,930 25,925 - Completed

Workshops and round table discussions to build capacity of

9 stakeholders (e.g. Branding Cluster Products awareness raising 25,000
training workshop for stakeholders such as SFD, FEI, MOI…etc)

Build capacities of SFD & other stakeholders towards improved

10.a 80,000
cluster development and management
Addressing Capacity Development requirements of SFD Cluster
10.b 9,960
Development Practicioners
Participation in Clusters Development Conference in India
11.a 4,330 4,325 - Completed
(completed in Feb. 20-22, 2014)
Study Tours to aquire international experinece in clusters'
11.b 58,000
development/ management
Exposure visit to a performing Furniture cluster/ International
11.c 65,000
Furniture Exhibition
Identify cluster self-governance and management system and
12 70,000
conduct feasibility study (e.g. furniture cluster)
Component 3: Increase organic MSME contribution to
manufacturing value added (pilot project)
In-depth diagnostic study of a specific cluster
13 22,180 21,745 - Completed
(Pre Mapping: SAS)
Budget
Cluster stakeholder consultations
14 0 reallocated to item
(Budget reallocated item # 4.b)
# 4.b
Tailored BDS to MSMEs in Organic Clusters
15.a1 6,696 6,696 - Completed
(Completed: Furnex Exhibitions in Egypt 2015)
Tailored BDS to MSMEs in Organic Clusters
15.a2.a 41,450 41,446 - Completed
(Participation in Furnex Exhibition- 2016)
Development of promotional/ printed material needed to
15.a2.b participate in National/ International Exhibitions (Furnex 2016) - 1,700 1,732 - Completed
GOODS
Development of promotional/ printed material needed to
15.a2.c 5,310
participate in National/ International Exhibitions - GOODS

Tailored BDS to MSMEs in Organic Clusters

15.a.3 (Participation in National/ International Exhibition e.g. La Casa 60,000 60,000 Contracted
2016 Exhibition/ Le Marche/ Maison et Objet…etc.)

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 MSME in Organic Clusters Project
Financial Status as of End of March 2016

Estimated Budget Actual

Amounts to be
(in US$) Disbursements
disbursed for
# Grant Line Items accordnig to up to March Remarks
contracted
approved PP in 2016
Assignments
April 9th,2016 (in US$)

Tailored BDS to MSMEs in Organic Clusters

15.a.4 (National Handicrafts Exhibition on occasion of SFD Jubilee on 50,000 50,000 Contracted
SFD support to handicrafts)

Tailored BDS to MSMEs in organic clusters

(Marketing/ branding strategy
15.b 65,000
for Furniture Cluster based on a review of recent studies and
forecasts of furniture demand)
15.c Hand made carpet design/ graphing training 20,000
Training on export procedures and requirements (Damietta
15.d 25,000 24,537 Contracted
Furniture Cluster and/ or Hand-made Carpets Cluster)
Technical Training for Furniture Cluster MSMEs
15.e (e.g. skills upgrading on using modern technologies machinery/ 55,000
techniques in furniture manufacturing…etc)
16 Development of specific loan product for the Pilot cluster/s 25,000
Component 4: Project management
Contract renewed
17 Recruitment of Project Manager (3 years) 160,000 80,670
annually
Contract renewed
18 Recruitment of Project Officer (3 years) 50,000 19,551
annually
19.a Recruitment of Coordinator/ M&E Expert 4,025 4,025 - Completed
19.b Recruitment Cluster Development Field Officer/s (1 year) 20,000 Under contracting
19.c Recruitment of Reporting Officer (1 year) 20,000 Under contracting
19.d Recruitment of Policy Expert (1 year) 25,000
20 Computers, equipment, workspace & local transportation - a,b,c & d:
(a.b.c.d.e 17,000 11,015
.f) GOODS Completed

21 Project Completion Assessment 60,000

22 Contingency 30,000

TOTAL 1,940,031 408,374 181,613