Community Co-ooperative & Private Partnership (CCPP) Approach for Women Enterprise Development

Sri Lankan Team – Learing Route Nepal - 2013

VISIONVISION

• To ensure the sustainable product marketing arrangement between women headed micro Entrepreneurs and business partners through co-operative network

BACKGROUND

• 3000 women headed micro entrepreneurs living in coastal region who were severly affected by tsunami were trained, mobilized and empowered to run their businesses profitably.

• To strenthen their business net working and marketing arrangements,7 cooperatives and apex organization have already been established under VISMA Plus Brand.

BACKGROUND con.........• However, exsisting gaps in product marketing and

input supply has been created barriers for sustaining the businesses and futher expansions.

• Hence, this innovation is forcusing to implement a collective approach towards realistic pilot business Modal.

• The result genetated by this intervention will be shaired /applied and further replicated for identified different other sectors .

GENERAL OBJECTIVE• Strengthenning of product market network

and input supply mechanism for cooperative network using value chain approach.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES• To intervene in cost reduction process via

collective purchasing of necessary inputs • Strengthenning of intergrated and secured

business relationship through forward sales agreements/contracts

PEOPLE/TARGET GROUP

• Outstanding 100 micro enterprenures from 7 cooperatives

©Selection of enterprenures for this intervention to be conducted by applying the tool PERFORMANCE RANKING and REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE of different caergories of Performance.

PROJECT LOCATION

Ampara

GalleHambantota

Kalutara

Matara

Batticaloa

Trincomalee

PARTNERS• VISMA Plus Ltd.• Ministry of Fisharies• Ministry of Economic Development • PTCRRMP/IFAD• SPEnDP/IFAD• COSTI• IDAR

ACTIVITIESNo. Activity Time line (Months)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Selection of highly performed micro enterprenures

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2 Need assesment of row materials and product marketing requirments

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3 Establishment of relevant business relationships with identified business partners

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4 Continuous process monitoring over agreed period of contract

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RESOURCES

• Project staff• Trained and empowered women headed

micro enterprenures• Private sector• Wholesale input providers• 5000 US $ -Minimum

ESTIMATED BUDGET

Source of Funds Cost ( US $ )• Micro Enterprenutes• VISMA Plus• PTCRRMP• SPEnDP• Procasur Cooperation

10001000100010002000

Total 6000

SUSTAINABILITY

• The cooperative network will continue the business operations together with empowered women leadership through established business relationship between the partners .

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