BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS

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BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP
ORGANISATIONS
Andrei Mikhnev World Bank Group
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DEFINITION

• Business Membership Organisations (BMOs) are
  various organizations where companies or
  individual entrepreneurs are members
• business associations
• chambers of commerce
• federation of business associations
• employers clubs
• private sector forums

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RATIONALE FOR STRENGTHENING BMOs

• Representing the private sector in a dialogue
  with public authorities
• Providing services to enterprises
• Playing self-regulatory role for some industries
• Accumulating and disseminating knowledge

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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

• Better environment for doing business
• Greater participation of private sector in the
  governance processes
• Promotion of access to new markets
• More transparent regulatory functions
• Better representativeness of various industries
  and enterprise groups

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BMO GUIDE

• OBJECTIVE
• Summarize and systematize the expertise and
  lessons learned in the area of building the BMO
  capacity and provide guiding principles for
  design, implementation, and evaluation of the BMO
  support activities

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BMO GUIDE

• AUDIENCE
• Project managers/project teams
• Bilateral and multilateral donors
• Business membership organizations
• Researchers

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BMO GUIDE

• DESIGN
• Project cycle
• Steps in project implementation
• Case studies
• Practical tools

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CONTENT

1. General Considerations before Starting a Project
2. Implementation of a Project
3. Impact Assessment of BMO Projects
4. The Way Forward

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OUTCOME INDICATORS

1. Service delivery is improved
2. Advocacy is improved
3. BMO management has become more professional

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IMPACT INDICATORS

1. Business environment has improved
2. Competitiveness of SMEs has improved
3. Socially acceptable employment has risen
4. Project has contributed to environmentally
   sustainable development

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WAY FORWARD

1. Ten Rules for Donor Intervention
2. Sustainable BMOs What Next?
3. BMOs as Tools to Spur Policy Reforms
4. What can we achieve through engaging BMOs in
   public-private dialogue?

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BMOs IN PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE

1. Implementation of policy reforms
2. Improving the relationship between the public
   sector and the business community
3. Creation of friendly business environments in
   post conflict countries

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CONCLUSION

• BMOs are key institutions in a public private
  dialogue
• The higher the capacity of BMOs, the stronger
  their voice in a public private dialogue
• Engaging the existing BMOs rather than establish
  new purely donor-funded entity
• Ensure sustainability

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BMO GUIDE

• http//www.ifc.org/sme