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Objective 1: Increase of Company Competitiveness


Improved competitiveness of the tanning, footwear and leather goods sub-sectors in terms of product development, product quality and marketing capabilities in the export markets through training programs in selected African training and technology centres and through specially designed and programmed interventions.
 

Action 1
Design of special enterprise level training courses for product development, addressing the needs of specific manufacturing plants in designing and developing export oriented sales ranges and pre-selection of participating enterprises. –The training institutes are those that are focal points for the technical assistance for the program and recipients for capacity building activities.

Output 1
Well-designed training programs for upgrading product development and designing and modern methods of preparing sales ranges for finished leather, footwear and leather goods. The products to be designed/developed are to be suitable for selected export markets. The training programs are to be well documented and usable for further seminars and training sessions or self-study.