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LIVELIHOODS WORKSHOP: SECOND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT

LIVELIHOODS WORKSHOP: SECOND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT. Hanoi Workshop, November 11 2011. PROJECT OVERALL. World Bank (IDA) finances $150 million. Total $165 million. 2010 to 2015 CDD approach Invests in Productive infrastructure

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LIVELIHOODS WORKSHOP: SECOND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT

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  1. LIVELIHOODS WORKSHOP:SECOND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT Hanoi Workshop, November 11 2011

  2. PROJECT OVERALL • World Bank (IDA) finances $150 million. Total $165 million. 2010 to 2015 • CDD approach • Invests in • Productive infrastructure • Capacity of local government and communities and • Market links and business innovations • 230 communes, 27 districts in 6 Provinces – 670,000 people, mostly poor • Ethnic minoritiesdominate the population

  3. LIVELIHOODS OVERALL • Resource based & Market led. Bringing producers and buyers together • Livelihoods subcomponents: about $35 million • 1.2: Market links and business innovations • 2.2: Livelihoods support and production services • 2.3: Women’s social and economic development • 3.4: Employment skills • Partnerships and Innovation awards • Pilot Phase – 18 months, ends December

  4. PILOT PHASE: INCOME EARNING SUB-PROJECTS 6 Essential Principles • All proposals from villagers • Technically feasible for the poor • Fits interest and resources of poor • Markets can absorb • Profitable and sustainable • No negative impacts

  5. PILOT PHASE: GUIDELINES Sub projects: • Planning and implementation Identify potential, meetings, CIG formation, appraisal and approval, procurement • Regulations and Detailed Proposals • Monitoring and Evaluation • Reporting

  6. PILOT PHASE: SUB PROJECTS • Identified from “bottom-up” • Crops : artichoke tea, “son tra” apples, coffee nursery, rattan, ginger • Livestock: local pigs, local chickens, buffaloes, goats, • Fisheries: eel-raising • Handicrafts: embroidery, etc

  7. Artichoke Tea

  8. Son Tra Apples

  9. Coffee

  10. Rattan

  11. Black Bone Chicken

  12. Goats

  13. Local Pig

  14. Handicrafts trading Sa Pa and Trade Fair in Hanoi

  15. Sapa Weaving: Ta Phin

  16. Sapa Homestay, Herbal Bath: Ta Phin

  17. PILOT PHASE: SUB PROJECTS • Need “top down” information as well • GRET report (5 provinces), JICA report (4 provinces), Baseline study • Maps at commune level and district level • Team work indistricts and communes: identify potential activities • NGO, Donor projects in each district • Other e.g. work skills, study tours • Internet resources

  18. NGOs & DONORS • Examples • NGO Centre, Ethnic Minorities WG • CARE/CDC/SIEED DIEN BIEN • ACIAR HOA BINH, LAI CHAU,LAO CAI, YEN BAI, SON LA, DIEN BIEN • JICA HOA BINH, LAI CHAU, SON LA, DIEN BIEN • Other projects ….

  19. LEARNING FROM NGOS AND DONORS • Staff and villagers can benefit from understanding • Methods of working in villages • Livelihoods models • Input supplies, marketing • Training opportunities • Studies – value chains, etc

  20. MOVING AHEAD THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS • Priorities of target groups: poor communities in ethnic minority areas • Improving livelihoods • Reaching the pooris difficult • Overseas experience shows partnerships improve CDD project success • GUIDELINES ON PARTNERSHIPS

  21. POTENTIAL PARTNERS • Other Public Agencies • Private Firms • NGOs and Donors • Banks • Training Colleges and Universities • Research Institutes and Donors • Trade Groups, Cooperatives, Others

  22. PARTNERSHIP ISSUES • Willingness to cooperate • Focus on the priorities of ethnic minorities • Identify key partners and work with them • Involve the expertise of others • Use available information and share it with poor communities • Follow procurement procedures

  23. Example: PARTNERSHIPS with COMPANIES • Identifysites and suitable companies • Farming: Cultivation, Livestock, Fisheries • Non- farming: Traditional or high value activities: handicrafts, tailoring, processing • Bring together companies, districts & communes • Define Roles of CIG and companies • Project support for CIGs, companies • Develop Proposal and Contract • Implement, monitor, report, evaluate

  24. INNOVATION GRANTS • BACKGROUND • Project encourages innovation • Especially for Livelihoods – subcomponents 1,2, 2,2, 2.3, 3.4 • RATIONALE • Innovation is needed for progress • Definition:a livelihood innovation: if it involves the creation of a new product, it brings to the market a product that has never been sold before or brings a product to a new market, it involves a new production technology (or technique), it involves a new method of marketing or distribution, or it creates a partnership among groups/entities that have not partnered before”

  25. TRIAL PHASE: 2012 • Theme: “making agriculture more profitable for poor smallholders” New ideas, new processes or new opportunities for farmers to improve profitability are encouraged • May include (i) new information; (ii) new access to capital; (iii) partnership with an NGO or other; (iv) links with a company that supplies inputs and also buys produce • Also encouraged: Studies of rural value chains, profitability and sustainability. New ways to improve capacity for ethnic minorities • Limits: Institutions USD 10,000, Community based USD5,000, Individuals USD1,000 • Deadline: Applications by 31 March 2012

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