Angkor Wat Artisan Company, Angkor Wat, SIEM REAP

The Anqkor Wat Artisan Company(AWAC) was established with French assistance in 1992.The structure of this company and the activities are very relevant to ourproposed initiatives in rural enterprises development - Orissa handicraftpark, Tripura Bamboo Mission, Pochampally Handloom Park, etc. AWAC was established with the purpose of providing structured training and employment for local poor people and provide employment opportunity. The craftsman have formed a association and hold 20% equity in the company which was also the model suggested by RCM for the Orissa arts & craftsmen.The photographs of the centre also has basic information on the skill training as well as duration of the course.

The project was initially promoted through overseas assistance (French) and today it is a profit making company, with the profits being ploughed back to the development of the artisans.
It has a central workshop, high-end sales shop, tourism and other amenitiesa s Hub, and some artisan activities in clusters as Spokes. In the centralworkshop, about 6 crafts are operated with artisans working. The visitors are taken through the workshop. Thus the workshop serves the objectives ofbeing a shop floor as well as tourism. The workhops buildings are basicfunctional structures with local architecture style.
The artisans working in the project are minority share holders of the company, through their association, while the majority stake is held by the founder of the project. This is something very similar to what Fab India does in India and also what ILFSCDI have been planning to do in some clusters in the form of producer companies.

Cambodia Garment Training Center (CGTC) visit by ILFSCDI Team

A training center has been established by Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia and METI, Japan at Phnom Penh with the assistance of Japan Government. JUKI has been providing technical & advisory support in running this center. JUKI has also deputed Mr.K.Sakae a very senior official from Japan to head the Training Centre. The Cambodia Garment Training Center (CGTC) conducts courses on:

a) Basic Course for Sewing Operator for two weeks of seven hours duration. The basic course has only 3 exercise but more emphasis on straight line stiching and speed.

b) Supervisor Basic Training Course ( 4 Weeks)

c) QC Training (1 Week)

d) Machine Maintenance Course ( 5 Days)

All the training are on paid basis sponsored by exporters or paid by students themselves.
A comparison of our project SEAM with this center shows that our programme is much better in terms of outreach, industry linkages for placement,volumes, support to beneficiary trainees, etc. However, they seem to have greater emphasis, as compared to us, on the quality of the training.
Mr.Sakae was kind enough to share some of their documents like trainer manual,the type of stitches, assessment criterion, machinery layout, etc. these documents wiill be given to the "Module Customisation team" who will analyse them and appropriately customise and improve our training material.

ILFSCDI Limited Signs MOU with JUKI, Japan & IIGM

Mr.RCM Reddy, MD & CEO ILFSCDI Ltd signed MoU with M/s. Juki, Japan represented by its MD Mr.Nihei at Singapore at the JUKI International office . JUKI are the world leader in apparel technology and the MOU is for technical cooperation in two major areas:

(a) Training for employment in apparel industry and

(b) Technical services for SME sector in establishing apparel manufacturing units.
While several specific components have been mentioned in the MoU, it was decided that the cooperation could begin with smaller initiatives: (a)Training of Trainers (TOT) (b) Developing a training manual and sewing standards, (c)Organising training for our specialists providing services for setting up of Production plants and (d) Organising seminars/workshops related to quality, productivity enhancement in apparel industry and Industrial engeenering (IE).
We can immediately make use of their support in the assignments being handled by our technical services team in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. IIGM who represent JUKI in India will work closely with our Technical Consultancy team to implement directives and plant design suggested by JUKI.
In lieu of the support provided by M/s. Juki in the above areas, ILFSCDI will be endorsing their machines for our training centers as well as the apparelunits with whom we are working.