FPOs - Capacity Building Initiatives by BIRD

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About BIRD • Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) is the Learning

Center promoted by NABARD in 1983 • Registered as Society under Societies Registration Act in 1992 • It has sprawling & Eco-friendly campus of 40 acres • Governed by Governing Council and headed by Director • 17 experienced faculties from NABARD • Having hostel facility of 150 participants • State of the art class rooms, conference hall and computer lab

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Major Activities

• Training • Studies/ Seminars/ Lecture Series • Consultancy Assignments • Dedicated Centers of Excellence (Co-operatives, Climate change,

Micro Finance) • e-Learning

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Participants’ Profile

Banks

Commercial Banks

Co-operative Banks

Regional Rural Banks

Private and Foreign Banks

Govt’s

DoP / NRLM

IES Probationers

State Services

Line Departments

Voluntary Sector

NGOs

BC/BFs

MFIs

POs/PCs

International

Member countries of

SAARC

CICTAB

DFID/GIZ

Other Countries

DFIs & Others

NABARD

RBI/SIDBI/NHB

NABCONS/

NABFINS

Training Institutions

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Programmes and Participation (nos.)

260

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Programmes Average participants

2017-18

2018-19 ason22.02.19

6500

23765

5618

20244

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20000

25000

Participants Trainee Days

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FPOs - Capacity Building Initiatives

• One of the Focus Areas (10% programs) • Designed 6 titles based on the need, focusing on the entire gamut

of activities related to FPOs • Programs are either sponsored by NABARD or customized (State

governments, SFAC, Commodity Boards, NCDEX, IFAD etc.,)

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FPOs – Program Titles

• Basic Program on FPOs • Write shop on Developing Business Plans for FPOs • Program on Financing of FPOs • Program on FPOs for Trainers (Training Establishments of

Banks) • Program on Onboarding of FPOs with Commodity Markets • Certification Program on FPO Management

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Basic Program on FPOs

Target Group Duration Focus on

POPIs, RSAs, FPOs, NGOs, Government

Officials and Commodity Boards

3 days • Need, Concept and Formation Process of FPOs

• Governance and Management in FPOs • Business Plan • Financial Management • Networking and convergence

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Write shop on Developing Business Plans

Target Group Duration Focus on

CEOs of FPOs & Officials of POPIs

5 days • Developing Business Plans – learning by doing

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Program on Financing of FPOs

Target Group Duration Focus on

Bankers 3 days • Basics of FPOs – legal structure, Governance, Management etc.,

• Activities of FPOs • Potential for Bank Finance • Identification, Appraisal and

documentation of Proposals • Support from SFAC/NABARD

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Program on FPOs for Trainers

Target Group Duration Focus on

Faculty members of Training

Establishments of Banks

5 days • Designing training modules on FPOs

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Program on Onboarding of FPOs with Commodity Markets

(In association with NCDEX)

Target Group Duration Focus on

CEOs of FPOs, POPIs, RSAs, Government

Officials

4 days • Awareness about commodity markets • Mitigating Price fluctuations • Trading on NCDEX Platform – Modalities

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Certification Program on FPO Management

(In collaboration with Anchor Agencies) Target Group Duration Focus on

CEOs of FPOs 3 months • Focus on building skills and enhancing the capacities of aspiring CEOs in FPO management

• Both class room inputs and Field attachment

• Class Room inputs focused on Social Mobilisation, Formation, Governance, Management, Business Planning, Statutory compliance, Book Keeping etc.,

• Field attachment to provide hands-on experience

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Progress So far…

• A large number of stakeholders are attending our programs… but a lot to be done…..

• Developed a manual on FPOs for NABARD • Developed a Business Planning guide for CEOs of FPOs • Support for policy development

Thank You