scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the Application of the UNIDO Eco-Industrial Park Toolbox in Viet Nam and Other Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick van Beers ◽  
Alessandro Flammini ◽  
Frédéric David Meylan ◽  
Jérôme Stucki
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Stakeholder Consultation ◽  
Industrial Parks

The transformation of conventional industrial parks into eco-industrial parks (EIPs) presents an effective opportunity to attain inclusive and sustainable industrial development. UNIDO has acquired broad experience of EIPs by implementing a number of EIP projects in developing countries. To support these, a UNIDO EIP Toolbox was developed in order to (a) provide a practical set of customized and flexible tools to assist practitioners with the development and implementation of EIPs and related initiatives, and (b) to support EIP implementation and decision-making processes in relation to existing and new industrial parks. The EIP Toolbox currently covers tools on selecting industrial parks for EIP projects, stakeholder mapping, policy support, assessing industrial parks against the International EIP Framework, industrial symbiosis identification, monitoring impacts from company-level Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) assessments and park-level EIP opportunities. The focus of this paper is the application of the developed EIP tools in Viet Nam, supported by learnings from their application in other countries (e.g., China, Colombia, India, Morocco and Peru). The application of the EIP tools to date has demonstrated their value in contributing to the development and implementation of EIP practices. The added value of the tools is to support decision-making and stakeholder consultation processes on specific EIP topics of interest. An overall lesson learned from the tools’ applications is that they are useful in identifying and prioritizing “tip of the iceberg” symbiosis and RECP options as well as park-level EIP opportunities through interactive stakeholder consultations or workshops, possibly led by park management, and in guiding the discussion through a step-by-step structured approach. As such, rather than a stand-alone solution, the tools are best placed to be used as a supplementary instrument, in conjunction with other pragmatic and detailed implementation approaches. The current version of the UNIDO EIP Toolbox represents version 1.0. It is envisaged that the set of tools will be updated and expanded to reflect insights from their application in EIP projects. It is hoped that this paper will create further interest among EIP stakeholders and the academic community in applying the UNIDO EIP Toolbox as well as feedback from users in developing, transition and developed countries to further strengthen and expand the tools.

scholarly journals Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) Development in Viet Nam: Results and Key Insights from UNIDO’s EIP Project (2014–2019)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stucki ◽  
Flammini ◽  
Beers ◽  
Phuong ◽  
Anh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Entry Point ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Industrial Park ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
Economic Zones

Industrial parks have been promoted as cornerstone strategies for economic development in countries around the world, including Viet Nam. The transformation of conventional industrial zones (IZs) into eco-industrial parks (EIPs) presents an effective opportunity to attain inclusive and sustainable industrial development, as well as increasing the economic competitiveness and resilience of industrial parks. This paper presents and discusses the interventions, key results, and lessons learned from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and UNIDO’s work on EIPs in Viet Nam as part of the Project “Implementation of eco-industrial park initiative for sustainable industrial zones in Viet Nam”. The Project was undertaken with the objective of developing policies and guidelines to facilitate the transformation of industrial zones into eco-industrial parks and implementing EIP principles in five existing industrial zones in the provinces of Da Nang (Hoa Khanh IZ), Can Tho (Tra Noc 1 and 2 IZs), and Ninh Binh (Khanh Phu IZ and Gian Khau IZ), which serve as pilots to support replication and upscaling across Viet Nam. The application of the Project’s policy, company, and park-level interventions demonstrated their value in contributing to the development and implementation of EIP practices in the country. Rather than stand-alone solutions, multi-disciplinary EIP concepts are most effective if applied as part of an integrated top-down approach (policy support as entry point for interventions) combined with a bottom-up approach (industrial park as entry point). The issuance of Decree 82/2018/ND-CP on the management of industrial parks and economic zones is a new policy outlining the requirements and process for transforming industrial zones into EIPs. The Decree is thereby an important driver for EIP development. Legal challenges with regards to EIPs still exist, including the lack of available and reliable data and the need for detailed standards and guidelines on reusing by-products, wastes, and wastewater. The final adoption of minimum EIP requirements in Viet Nam for social, economic, and environmental aspects is a key issue for scaling up implementation. The work undertaken as part of the Project will continue through the Global EIP Programme, in which Viet Nam is one of the participating countries.

scholarly journals OVERCOMING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UKRAINIAN MANUFACTURING DEINDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Gakhovich ◽  
◽  
Oksana Kushnirenko ◽  
Liliia Venger ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Technological Leadership

In the paper, we investigate the main causes and consequences of de-industrialization manufacturing and identify important factors influencing the structural transformation of the industrial sector through the prism of global technological challenges. Important challenges identified include environmental challenges of the threatening impact of climate change, digitalization in all spheres of public life, the technological leadership of developed countries in context field of Industry 4.0, changes in the geopolitical landscape and trade conflicts between countries; migration and population aging; changes in competencies and retraining of employees to acquire digital skills; cybersecurity and volatility threats; quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The current structural imbalances of Ukrainian industrial development are considered and the current state and dynamics of structural changes in the Ukrainian economy in technological, reproduction, sectoral and foreign economic dimensions are analyzed. Crisis trends in the Ukrainian industry developed long before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: comparing the structure of Ukrainian industry by type of economic activity, a decrease in the share of the manufacturing industry, a loss of production potential for a number of high-tech industries (automotive industry, instrument making, shipbuilding) and a decrease in added value in manufacturing industry with Ukraine's establishment as an independent state in which profound political, social and economic reforms have begun to take place. The analysis made it possible to determine further opportunities for industrial development, taking into account harmonization with European trends in digital and green transformations in industry. Based on the research results, complex directions for solving structural imbalances in industry at interrelated levels are proposed: state, regional and local levels. Overcoming the consequences of Ukrainian manufacturing deindustrialization in the context of European integration is dependent on developing and implementing relevant policy of manufacturing modernization and principles of the "circular economy"; integration into strategic value chains; creating conditions for training personnel with digital competencies; development of an innovative infrastructure – scientific, industrial, technological parks, innovation clusters and business-incubators. This will lead to the development and introduction of domestic innovation in production, which in turn should inspire further progress in the innovation structural transformation in Ukrainian economy and help to enhance national competitiveness and achieve sustained economic growth.

scholarly journals INDUSTRIAL PARKS: WORLD EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES OF CREATION IN UKRAINE

2018 ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Victor Halasiuk
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Industrial Parks

Introduction. The deindustrialization processes in Ukraine can be defined as the result of national industrial potential degradation, that throws domestic economy back in the past in comparison with highly developed countries. At the same time, the restoration of the industry is constrained by sharp "investment hunger», which deepens the problems of unemployment and emigration of the population, preserves a low standard of living. Overcoming the systemic problems prevailing in the domestic industrial sector requires the decisive use of effective industrial development instruments, one of which is industrial parks. Purpose. The article aims to argue the perspective directions of the Ukrainian industrial sector development using the mechanism of industrial parks on the basis of international experience analysis. Method. Methodological base of the paper covers a complex of complementary methods of scientific research of economic processes and phenomena: historical and logical method, method of system analysis, methods of economic and mathematical modelling, comparative and statistical analysis, general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, methods of induction and deduction. In order to carry out the complex analysis, methods of computer processing, analysis and display of information using the Microsoft Excel program also are used. Results. The article has discussed essential and economic and legal aspects of industrial parks creation as a mechanism for the formation of a favourable investment climate in order to increase the international competitiveness and develop industrial sector of Ukraine. Advanced international experience of using industrial parks to provide accelerated economic growth on an innovative basis has been analysed. Existing preconditions and prospects for activating the policy of industrial parks creation in Ukraine have been investigated. Legislative initiatives to promote the opening and launching of new industrial parks in the domestic practice of industrial development have been argued. The measures of industrial policy, which should complement the existing legislative norms and initiatives concerning the development of a network of industrial parks in Ukraine, have been outlined. The results of the econometric analysis of industrial parks influence on the main macroeconomic indicators (gross domestic product, foreign trade, employment, volumes of industrial production) of Ukraine have been presented.

scholarly journals Results and Lessons Learned from Assessing 50 Industrial Parks in Eight Countries against the International Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10611
Author(s):  
Dick van Beers ◽  
Klaus Tyrkko ◽  
Alessandro Flammini ◽  
César Barahona ◽  
Christian Susan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Park Management ◽  
Industrial Park ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Current Compliance ◽  
And Performance

Over the past two years the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) assessed 50 parks in eight developing and transition countries against 51 prerequisites and performance indicators outlined in the International Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks (International EIP Framework). The eight countries covered are: Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Ukraine, and Viet Nam. This article provides a summary of the analysis and lessons learned from the assessments of the industrial parks and their performance against the International EIP Framework. The methodology is based on assessments of the current and intended performance of the industrial parks on four key categories (park management, environmental, social, and economic), supported by a scoring method. The analysis indicates that the International EIP Framework can be regarded as a practical and relevant means to assess the performance of industrial parks, as well as a basis to identify and prioritize EIP initiatives to strengthen their performance. There is a wide range of performance among the industrial parks assessed. Higher average current performance against the International Framework can be found in Colombia (68%), Indonesia (67%), and Viet Nam (63%). Ukraine and South Africa have the highest improvement potential (27% and 25%, respectively). Across all eight countries, the environmental and social performance categories have a lower compliance (34% and 44%, respectively) compared to economic performance (72% current compliance) and park management (55% compliance). A review of the root-causes indicates that the main compliance issue for 16 prerequisites and performance indicators outlined in the International EIP Framework seems mainly with the industrial park- and country-specific conditions. There is an opportunity to refine the formulation of five prerequisites and indicators outlined in the International EIP Framework. Across all 50 parks assessed, the following topics have the lowest current compliance: energy; local community outreach; environmental and park management and monitoring; waste and material use; and climate change and the natural environment. A low compliance with specific prerequisites and performance indicators under park management, economic, environmental, and social performance indicates a need by the industrial park for technical assistance. If high-performance industrial parks exist in a country, it implies that there is capacity in the country to develop an eco-industrial park. In this scenario, technical assistance should include a stronger focus on knowledge dissemination, sharing experiences, and peer-to-peer learning between industrial parks and the regulating authorities. Industrial parks managed by public–private partnerships and the private sector show a higher average EIP performance than industrial parks managed solely by the public sector. This seems to illustrate that industrial parks perform better if they are run like a private business or public–private partnership, rather than a government-managed initiative. This article is the first academic publication discussing the results from the application of the International EIP Framework with a large number of industrial parks in multiple countries. It is hoped that this article will encourage further EIP assessments to be undertaken in more industrial parks to assist in their transformation into eco-industrial parks.

scholarly journals Increase in the Value Added of Land Due to the Establishment of Industrial Parks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8541
Author(s):  
Vaida Vabuolytė ◽  
Marija Burinskienė ◽  
Sílvia Sousa ◽  
Olga Petrakovska ◽  
Mykola Trehub ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
The Developed Countries

Industrial parks (IPs) are a frequently used regional policy tool to increase economic viability and social equality. Successful functioning of such areas can increase land use efficiency and, by attracting investment, create high added value nationwide. However, the creation of IPs requires significant initial investments in the installation of their infrastructure and the preparation of plots of land, which is often realized through public financial instruments. The overall objective of the research is to present the different strategies for IP development in three different countries’ economies, to discuss the outputs and added value created by such areas, and to provide insights and suggestions for the planning and development of efficient industrial land as well as to increase its value in the developing and middle-income countries. To achieve these aims, the authors of the research present and analyze IP development practices and policy tools in the developed countries of Lithuania and Portugal, and provide suggestions for the developing country of Ukraine. In this study, the authors use statistical and spatial GIS and economic data, and analyze and compare them. The results show that IPs are being developed all over Europe and the world, but each country is creating its own legal framework and appropriate incentives for companies operating in these areas, so the performance of such areas varies a great deal.

scholarly journals STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: AN EXAMPLE FROM PALLIATIVE CARE

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 552-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Brereton ◽  
Philip Wahlster ◽  
Kati Mozygemba ◽  
Kristin Bakke Lysdahl ◽  
Jake Burns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Stakeholder Consultation

Objectives: Internationally, funders require stakeholder involvement throughout health technology assessment (HTA). We report successes, challenges, and lessons learned from extensive stakeholder involvement throughout a palliative care case study that demonstrates new concepts and methods for HTA.Methods: A 5-step “INTEGRATE-HTA Model” developed within the INTEGRATE-HTA project guided the case study. Using convenience or purposive sampling or directly / indirectly identifying and approaching individuals / groups, stakeholders participated in qualitative research or consultation meetings. During scoping, 132 stakeholders, aged ≥ 18 years in seven countries (England, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania, and Poland), highlighted key issues in palliative care that assisted identification of the intervention and comparator. Subsequently stakeholders in four countries participated in face–face, telephone and / or video Skype meetings to inform evidence collection and / or review assessment results. An applicability assessment to identify contextual and implementation barriers and enablers for the case study findings involved twelve professionals in the three countries. Finally, thirteen stakeholders participated in a mock decision-making meeting in England.Results: Views about the best methods of stakeholder involvement vary internationally. Stakeholders make valuable contributions in all stages of HTA; assisting decision making about interventions, comparators, research questions; providing evidence and insights into findings, gap analyses and applicability assessments. Key challenges exist regarding inclusivity, time, and resource use.Conclusion: Stakeholder involvement is feasible and worthwhile throughout HTA, sometimes providing unique insights. Various methods can be used to include stakeholders, although challenges exist. Recognition of stakeholder expertise and further guidance about stakeholder consultation methods is needed.

OP244 Tools And Experiences To Facilitate Effective Patient Participation In Health Technology Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (S1) ◽  
pp. 9-9
Author(s):  
Ana Toledo-chávarri ◽  
Lucia Prieto Remón ◽  
Nora Ibargoyen ◽  
Máximo Molina Linde ◽  
Yolanda Triñanes Pego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Patient Involvement ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Patient Experiences ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Direct Involvement

IntroductionIn 2017, a Patient Involvement Interest Group (PIIG) was created in the Spanish Network for Health Technology Assessment of the National Health System (RedETS) to facilitate and promote Patient Involvement (PI) in Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The PIIG proposed a decisional flowchart to guide researchers’ in decisions regarding PI methods in HTA. The flowchart proposed a combination of direct involvement and incorporation of patient-based evidence depending on the scope and the aims of the assessment.This work aims to present the flowchart and the results of the evaluation of the latest experiences in PI in HTA in RedETS (2018–2020), including direct-involvement and patient-based evidence.MethodsA survey was sent to the HTA researchers who implemented PI initiatives in RedETS assessments. The survey asked to describe their experiences, lessons learned, challenges and added value regarding the use of direct-involvement, systematic reviews (SR) and primary studies. A descriptive analysis was performed and the results were discussed in an online PIIG workshop.ResultsThirty-two assessments included direct PI, twenty-one SR synthesized qualitative and quantitative studies about patient experiences, values and preferences and eight included primary studies, mainly of qualitative design. Recruitment and the lack of methodological resources were the main barriers both for direct PI and primary studies. Relevance of the included studies was the main barrier for SR. Added value was found in all PI methods. Direct-involvement had an impact on the project plan and PICO definition, outcomes relevance, information about the health condition and treatments. SR contributed with relevant patient-based evidence, deeper assessment of patient experiences, values and preferences and implementation factors. Primary studies developed new or contextualized knowledge directly applicable to decision-making.ConclusionsThe PI flowchart has served to facilitate the incorporation of patient input in HTA reports. The different approaches implemented have allowed to provide relevant and well-grounded data in each report to inform decision-making in patient-centered healthcare provision, but it is necessary that specific training and resources are provided to enable adequate and timely implementation.

Per Pinstrup-Anderson, Alan Berg and Martin"Forman (eds.). International Agricultural Research and Human Nutrition. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, and Rome: UN Administrative Committee on Coordination/ Sub-Committee on Nutrition. 1984. xvii+326 pp.Paperback edition.

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-224
Author(s):  
Sohail Jehangir Malik
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Income Elasticities ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
Land Saving

During the last few decades there has been a sharp transition in economic doctrine, within the context of economic growth, on the relative contributions of agriculture and industrial development. There has been a shift away from the earlier 'industrial fundamentalism' to an emphasis on the significance of growth in agricultural productivity and production. The focus, especially in the context of the present-day less developed countries like Pakistan, has sharpened with the rapid growth in demand for food, resulting from the increasing growth in population and the high income-elasticities of the demand for food. Coupled with this is the transition from resource-based agriculture to science-based agriculture. Agricultural economists are unanimous in the view that by the end of this century all increases in world food production will come from higher yields, i.e. increased output per hectare. This increasing emphasis on 'land-saving' technology to increase productivity and production has resuited from the growing population pressures on land and declining land-man ratios. Agricultural research has come to the fore in providing technologies that increase productivity and production. However, these technologies do not explicitly take into account the equity aspects of the problem. The extent to which the poor gain or lose from the introduction of a new agricultural technology depends on a host of complex and interrelated socio-economic and political factors such as the existing distribution of productive resources, access to modem inputs, the structure of the market, etc.

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