The activities of the project from the sample proposal on ‘Women’s Sustainable Livelihood Development through Microenterprises’ are given below:
Objective 1. Conduct Regional Economic Assessment
- Activity 1.1. Cluster workshops. ORG will organize 4 1-day workshops (1 per cluster) to assess economic constraints opportunities in target clusters.
- Activity 1.2. Microenterprise identification. On the basis of the assessment, community members will identify promising areas for microenterprise development by women – either businesses that fill gaps…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
Objective 2: Build women’s skills in microenterprise development
- Activity 2.1. Training workshops in microenterprise development. We will work with and through ORG’s partner women’s associations to organize…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 2.2. Develop business plans. Microenterprise development training is structured around the development of a business plan. In each module, participants develop sections of their business plan. The business plan follows a simplified, standardized template including: (1) description of the business; (2) description of the product…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 2.3. Support microenterprise start-up. The primary vehicle for promoting new business start-up will be through existing…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 2.4. Establish women’s business support network. While we help trainees grow their businesses by introducing sound business practices, we will also…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
Objective 3. Increase access to microcredit for microenterprise start-up
- Activity 3.1. Mobilize review committee of civic and business leaders. We will mobilize a committee of local banking, business, and civic leaders to…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 3.2. Facilitate microenterprise start-up financing. Based on reviews from the committee, ORG will work with women entrepreneurs to complete…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
Objective 4. Introduce microfranchises for women’s business development
- Activity 4.1. Develop at least microfranchise model. Based on the regional economic assessment and preferences identified…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 4.2. Recruit and train microfranchise owners and employees. In targeted communities, ORG will recruit aspiring entrepreneurs who have…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 4.3. Provide microfranchises with financing and launch support. Using the same approach as individual microenterprise development, ORG will facilitate…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
- Activity 4.4. Provide monitoring and ongoing support. Project beneficiaries, business mentors, and project staff will meet regularly…(Full text is available in the downloadable version).
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