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The Nucleus Approach

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Nucleus and SME statistics

Statements of chambers and SMEs

Impact: What changed? Interview with Jordi Castan

Sustainability

Legal property of the Nucleus Approach

Nucleus

Definition

Types of Nuclei

Manual for the Nucleus

The start

9 criteria for the selection of a sector

How to kill a Nucleus

Chambers and Associations

Lobby and Public Private Dialogue

Benchmarking of chambers

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Nucleus Approach

Logic and strategies

Nucleus

How to work with a Nucleus

 Forms

Nucleus Counsellors

Nuclei per sector
- Automobile
- Carpenters
- Cut Foliage

Special activities

Trade fairs and exhibitions

Impact of the Nucleus Approach

Statements

Analysis and studies

Management of chambers and organisational development

Structures and tasks

Organisational Development

Management

Services

Lobby

Membership

Membership fees

Finances

Public relations

Job descriptions

Benchmarking of chambers

Nucleus Approach

Logic and strategies

GTZ, HWK Munich, SEQUA, Fundação Empreender: Statement Regarding the Nucleus Approach and its Dissemination, 2006/2007 (pdf) (statement concerning the origin and the "ownership" of the Nucleus Approach)

Müller-Glodde, Rainer & Lehmann, Simone : The Nucleus Approach, Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Organisational Development of Business Associations and Chambers in Developing Countries – An Overview –, Kandy, Berlin, Dakar, March 2006 (pdf)

E02 - Basics about Nuclei of Entrepreneurs and Organisational Development of Business Chambers (0.9 MB / ppt)

E03 - Nucleus Approach, The Ideas and Strategies below the Surface, (0.7 MB / ppt)

Fundação Empreender SC, Brazil, & Chamber of Crafts and Small Industries (HWK) for Munich and Upper Bavaria: Organisational Development of Business Associations (ACIs), or How to open the door for SMEs, 1999 (0.9 MB / ppt)

Nucleus

How to work with a Nucleus

ESSP / RMG & Yoosuf, Amina and others: Manual for the Nucleus, Objectives, Ideas, Activities, Effects, 02/2005 (also available in Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamil)

SEQUA / Wahl, Martin and others: Good Practices for Working with Sector Units - The Nucleus Approach - A Manual for Business Membership Organizations, Bonn, August 2007 (0.8 MB / pdf)

E01 - Visualisation - How and why (ppt)

E05 - How to start a Nucleus (ppt)

E051 - First Steps : The Counsellor visits Entrepreneurs (ppt)

E100 - How to deal with difficult participants (ppt)

E10 - The Life Cycle of Nuclei (ppt)

E13 - How to finish with a Nucleus (ppt)

Forms

Report about a Nucleus Meeting / Activity (doc)

Quarterly report about activities of the Nucleus between xxx and xxx (doc)
Calculation sheet of the costs, fees and subsidies for a Nucleus activity (xls)

Nucleus Counsellor

E75 - The Nucleus Counsellor - Tasks, Profile, Performance (ppt)

ESSP / Yoosuf, Amina: Training Workshop on Moderation Techniques for Nucleus Counsellors, Workshop Report, 2005 (pdf)

Nuclei per sector

Automobile

ESSP / Auto Trade Kandy Ltd: Upgrade technical standards and promote social well being in the workplaces of the automobile repair industry in Kandy - Reflections on quality of Life in work places, Kandy, 2006 (pdf)

ESSP: Problems identified by Automobile Nucleus members, Kandy, 2006 (pdf)

Carpenters

E20 The Story of the Carpenter Nucleus of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCICP), in Kandy, Sri Lanka (1.1 MB / ppt)

Cut Foliage

E21 - The Story of the Cut Foliage Nuclei and a Regional Nucleus in the Central Province, Sri Lanka (1.0 MB / ppt)

Flyer of the Cut Foliage Nucleus - Page 1

Flyer of the Cut Foliage Nucleus - Page 2

    KF Bioplants Ltd, India: Technical information about Gerbera and Anthurium - The file has 53 MB. If you are interested in it, please, send an e-mail.

Special activities

Trade fairs and exhibitions

ZDH / SEQUA / RICHARD KOONG: Organising an exhibition, A Manual for Chambers & Trade Associations, Incorporating: “How to organise a group participation in an international trade exhibition, Singapore, 06/2000

Impact

Statements

ESSP / RMG: Interview with Jordi Castan, Brazil, about his experiences as Nucleus participant and the impact on his enterprise, on the relationship among the entrepreneurs and on his business chamber, 2004 (pdf) - to the site

E12 NucInt: The Impact of the Nucleus, Comments of Chairpersons of Chambers and Entrepreneurs of Nuclei in Brazil (ppt) - to the site

Analysis and studies

Rainer Müller-Glodde / Simone Lehmann: ESSP Sri Lanka -  Impact Analysis 2005 and 2006 of the Application of the Nucleus Approach, Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Organizational Development of Business Associations and Chambers, Kandy, Bonn, Dakar 2007 (3.5 MB / pdf)
(The analysis bases on 852 interviewed Nucleus and Non Nucleus SMEs)

ESSP / RMG & SL: Impact Analysis 2007 (4.1 MB / ppt)

Management and organisational development of chambers

Structures and tasks

E50 - Business Associations and Chambers: Tasks and Structures (ppt)

Organisational Development

E55 - Organisational Development of Business Chambers & Associations (ppt)

E53 - How to differentiate between a  "Club of Businessmen" and a "Business Chamber as Service Organisation" ? (ppt / 0.6 MB)

Management

ZDH Partnership Program / Judy Tan Lan Eng: Manual on organising and managing chambers of commerce and industry, Singapore 2000 (pdf)

Services

General

E51 - Services of a Business Association for its Members, Objectives, Contents, Structures (0.6 MB / ppt)

SEQUA: The Role of German Chambers in Providing Consultancy Services for SME's, 2001 (pdf)

International Trade Centre UNCTAD / GATT / International Chamber of Commerce / ZDH Technonet Asia: Chambers of Commerce, Services to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), 1996 (pdf)

Training

E52 - Training of entrepreneurs in business chambers, objectives, content, structure (ppt / 0.7 MB)

ZDH / SEQUA / Wong Chin Yeow:  Manual on Developing a Training Centre within a Chamber or Trade Association, 199x (pdf)

Counselling

ESSP / RMG & Yoosuf, Amina and others: Manual for the Nucleus, Objectives, Ideas, Activities, Effects, 02/2005

Information

ZDH / SEQUA / Wong Chin Yeow: Developing and Operating an Information Service for Chambers and Trade Associations, 199x (pdf

Others

ZDH Partnership Project / Wong Chin Yeow: Setting up a Business Matching Service within a Chamber or Trade Association, 2000 (pdf)

Lobby

E60 - Lobby and Advocacy of Business Chambers and Associations (0.7 MB / ppt)

E61 - Lobbying of a Business Chamber - Basic ´Rules (ppt)

ESSP: Workshop “Lobby and Advocacy of Business Chambers and Associations”, 2004 (pdf)

Membership

SEQUA / ZDH / Schumacher, Torsten: Attracting New Members / Membership Administration, Practical Recommendations and Examples, 19xx (pdf)

ZDH Technonet Asia / Sabade, B. R.: Strategies for membership recruitment and retention for Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Singapore, 19xx (pdf)

Membership fees

ESSP / Yoosuf, A., Lehmann, S., Müller-Glodde, R.: Considerations about the Membership Fee Systems of Business Chambers and Associations in Sri Lanka, Kandy, 11/2004 (pdf)

E56 NucInt: Considerations about the Membership Fee System of Business Associations and Chambers (ppt)

Finances

ESSP / RMG: Income and Expenditures of Business Chambers in Sri Lanka, Structures, Characteristics,  Opportunities, 2004 (1.1 MB / ppt)

International Trade Centre UNCTAD / GATT / International Chamber of Commerce / ZDH Technonet Asia: Income generating activities of chambers of commerce, Geneva, 1993 (pdf / 1,0 MB)

SEQUA: Income from Services, A Practice-Oriented Manual for the Development of Income-Generating Services of Chambers and Associations, Bonn, 1999 (pdf / 1,2 MB)

Public Relations
 

Job descriptions

NCC / RMG: Job description of a Secretary General / CEO of a chamber, 1997 (doc)

Benchmarking of chambers

Lehmann, Simone & Müller-Glodde, Rainer: Benchmarking of Business Chambers and Associations as a Tool to Stimulate Change Processes (pdf)

Doner, Richard F. and Schneider, Ben Ross (2000) "Business Associations and Economic Development: Why Some Associations Contribute More Than Others," Business and Politics: Vol. 2 : Iss. 3, Article 1.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bap/vol2/iss3/art1