The general objective of the mission was to formulate a leather Strategy for Mauritius: and the specific objectives were:
- To explore the potential to establish a high-end finish line leather products,
- To revamp and revitalize the leather sector in Mauritius, to undertake the quantum leap to enter the targeted “niche” markets,
Among the activities conducted discussion with different concerned institutions to get clear picture of the status of Leather sector in Mauritius was fully conducted. Among the institution visited and held discussion:-
- Mauritius meat Authority,
- Ministry of Agriculture, Veterinary Division
- Beekun Luxor Tannery Ltd.,
- Mauritius Standard Bureau,
- SME’s development centre workshop units
- Caleage LTD, HEMISPHERE SUD
During the discussion with the institutions especially with government institution officials the participants raised the concern in developing the Leather Strategy for Mauritius since the country does not have enough livestock population and Leather manufacturing facilities to promote the sector. The strategy development process will put into consideration all those concerned institution concern during the preparation stage.
As per the objective of the mission, Mauritius National leather value chain strategy formulation participatory workshop was also held on April 11th and 12th 2018. The participatory workshop Welcoming and opening was made by Mr. Peter Neubert, chairman, SME Mauritius Ltd and Keynote Address by Honorable Minister, Ho. S Bholah. The workshop opening ceremony was very colorful with full media coverage. More than 40 participants from government, private sector along the value chain and training institutions attended the workshop; and representatives are from 9 different ministries and government organizations.
ALLPI was repeatedly recognized by the Honorable Minister and the news on the national television. During this participatory workshop different ideas were generated which will be an input for the strategic Leather value chain development document preparation. Participants expressed their support and there was active participation in the workshop. The workshop was concluded with a lot of appreciation of participants to ALLPI and after workshop evaluation.
During the Rap up meeting with H.E ALLPI team presented the summary of the activities during the workshop and the visiting discussion with different institutions in developing Mauritius Leather development strategy document. Based on the discussion held H.E showed commitment in undertaking every activity in the future and assign the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Puddoo Raj to follow the activity in the near future.
The next action is to prepare the document and share with the concerned institution in Mauritius and get feedback. The validation workshop will be continued. The unpacking of the strategic document with responsible organization activity is the last part of the preparation of the identified activities in preparing strategic plan.
