Annex-2.3: Workshops/meetings organized in 2011 (Economic Development)
Total 770
437
333
Weaver groups, MFIs, Banks, BRDB.
1
90
7
83
Weaver group members
Weaver groups
1
488
86
402
Establishing sustainable business relation between input traders and weavers
Weaver group members and input traders
Weaver group
1
92
9
83
Facilitating interaction between producers & service providers, sharing information on modern technologies. Sharing progress of AFSP activities, coordinating technical support for the FFSs
Community people, GO, LG,
PDCs, PNDGs, Union / Upazila Parishad, HDCs CHTDF, PNGO, HDC, GoB line departments
1
1816
720
1096
1
96
86
10
1
98
26
72
Feedback provided, decided to include more producers through wide circulation, to simplify application format to encourage more participation.
1
549
289
260
Exchanged experience and ideas on entrepreneurship. Identified major constraints and clarification on obtaining expected result is. Confidence level increased.
Workshop/ meeting
Objective
Beneficiaries / participants
1
Linkage workshop between financial service providers & producers/ entrepreneurs Linkage workshop between weaver group members & Financial Service Provider at district level Workshop on reformation of existing weaver group at district level
Facilitating linkage between producers, financial service providers for making financial services available. Assisting weavers in finding suitable source of capital, establishing linkage between weavers and MFIs.
PDC members, staffs of MFIs and banks, Weaver group members
Defining objective, vision & mission of weaver groups. Encouraging wide participation of community people.
4
Linkage workshop between weavers and inputs traders at districts level. 30 participants per workshop
5
Agro product Fair at Upazila level in three hill districts.
6
Monthly district coordination meeting (DTCM) of technical staff
7
Bi-monthly Upazila FSF coordination meeting
8
Follow up workshop with CHT Award of Excellence (CHTAE) participants
9
Follow up workshops with trained entrepreneurs
2
3
Sharing progress of AFSP activities, coordinate technical support for the FSFs Sharing Judges’ feedback on product for CHTAE, sharing learning of program to encourage product quality, improving market and linkage. Sharing status of trained entrepreneurs and exploring types of support required to improve business.
Project staff, line departments
Project staff, Field School Facilitators, line departments
Organization participated PDCs, MFIs, Banks.
Participants (No.) Male Female
Duration (day) 1
SL
Producer/artisans and entrepreneurs of three hill districts
CHTDF, HDC, GoB line departments NGO, CHTDF, PDCs
Trained PDC and PNDG members
PDCs, PNDGs.
Key agreements/ decisions Functional linkage built, producers/ entrepreneurs are aware of constraints and opportunities, identified services accessible for targeted clients. Financial service providers agreed to extend their existing facilities for weaver group. Weavers learnt about financial support. Agreed to extend support to each others. Enhanced linkage, liaison and communication. Agreed to: include more weavers and increasing community coverage, involve different skilled persons in the group, collect savings and open joint bank account, holding regular meeting and sharing of skills. Built good rapport between weaver group and input traders. Participants became aware and learned about the quality aspects of yarns, suggested for solving problem of quality of yarn. Input traders committed to provide quality yarn. Participants exchanged experiences, exhibited variety of products, learned about improved technology, soil tested free of cost, trader offered 20% discount on agricultural tools and equipment. Discussed technical issues on agriculture, livestock and fishery, identified field problems with solutions, enhanced skills of technical officers of PNGOs and able to provide technical supports to communities. FSFs became updated on FFS related issues, discussed problem faced at FFS levels with solution and supports.
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