Evaluation Study MSE Cluster Development - Ministry of Micro ...

Chapter No: 4 – Soft Interventions in Sampled Clustersof clusters. This diagnostic study should thus be undertaken by an extremely competentprofessional agency/institution and adequate funding needs to be earmarked for thepurpose. The diagnostic study should contain some basic features, which are as follows:• Detailed Profile of the Potential Cluster• The brief history of the cluster and its evolution.• The cluster location, density, and geographical dispersion.• Number, size and scale of individual cluster operators/ actors.• Product range and diversification in the cluster.• Present production operation and markets.• Present value of production and exports.• Present demand profile and major clients.• Core Cluster Actors (Typical Units)• Average size of investment in typical units.• Average annual turnover in typical units.• Value chain and its analysis.• Profits and profitability in typical units.• Size of the workforce and levels of skills in the typical units.• Sources and availability of infrastructure (transportation, power and water supply)raw materials and labour (in the short, medium and long run).• Other facilitating Government Agencies/Institutions• Industrial support and promotional agencies.• Scientific and industrialist research organizations (specifically catering to the needs ofthe cluster).• Environmental agencies and regulatory bodies.• Financial institutions (that can potentially cater to the cluster).• Cluster Development Projects• Other similar cluster development projects (in the vicinity).• How this potential cluster can usefully tap these other cluster development projects.• Business Development Service Providers• Business Development Service needs of the cluster and their clear articulation.• BDS providers that can assist the cluster.• The type of services that can be utilized.• Producer or Merchant Associations• Details relating to the association (full address and telephone number).• Services that they provide at present to the cluster actors.• Their future plans of the development of the cluster (in brief).• Obstacles perceived as hindrances to these plans.• SWOT Analysis for the Cluster• List of the perceived strength of the cluster.• List of the perceived weaknesses of the cluster.• List of the perceived opportunities of the cluster.• List of the perceived threats to the cluster.• Cluster Mapping• Cluster Mapping of the present linkages (pre-interventions).• Cluster Mapping of expected linkages (post-intervention).86