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UN Green Jobs Programme: Enhancing competitiveness and sustainable business among MMEs in the building construction industry (phase II) ILO Component - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2119

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2119

good_practices:

replication:

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cause_effect:

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themes:

theme:

Public-private partnerships

category:

Enterprises

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context:

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description:

Partnerships with large private sectors enterprises involved in large scale housing projects (Lafarge, Kalumbila mine, and Barrick Lumwana mine) have enabled the Programme to leverage its interventions and now have potential to scale-up and increase the number of buildings using green technology and materials at affordable cost. The associated business development services and facilitation of market and business linkages of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with these large private sector enterprises has scope for increasing MSME's participation in the green housing construction. The partnerships with Lafarge, Barrick Lumwana and Kalumbila ... have the potential to build more than 10,000 houses in the next three(3) years. The plan for the project was initially construction of 200 houses. These enterprises already have commitments to environmental management through ISO certifications and other global commitments (e.g. Lafarge's Building Better Cities). The Programme's thrust was to broaden the perspective of green building to include the houses themselves (in addition to maintaining the integrity of surroundings of the housing development) and changing perceptions on green building through construction of demonstration houses. Secondly, these investments and partnerships also brought with them other network resources for example financial institutions willing to finance large enterprise employees under the security of direct salary deductions leading to new viable markets for green construction (Lafarge/Barrick and First National Bank (FNB).

links:

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indicators:

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url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/practices/202821

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location:

country:

Zambia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

UN Green Jobs Programme: Enhancing competitiveness and sustainable business among MMEs in the building construction industry (phase II) ILO Component - Midterm evaluation