Helvetas project inclusive economic and social development-Scaling up phase
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PRODERT Scaling-up objective is: "Vulnerable rural population particularly indigenous women increase their income and productive employment by capitalising on the potential of local production and cultural values in five departments of the western highlands of Guatemala". The intervention seeks to achieve sustainable results over time and disseminate good prac...
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PRODERT Scaling-up objective is: "Vulnerable rural population particularly indigenous women increase their income and productive employment by capitalising on the potential of local production and cultural values in five departments of the western highlands of Guatemala". The intervention seeks to achieve sustainable results over time and disseminate good practices of the current "Territorial Rural Economic Development Project" PRODERT, in order for the market systems to work more effectively and inclusively in favour of the poor, as well as to increase the number of beneficiaries with potential to increase income and participate in market systems (from 7,500 to 26,750 direct beneficiaries), and increasing geographical coverage from 16 to 27 municipalities in the Departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Totonicapán, Quiché and Quetzaltenango. During this phase the project is expected to develop complementary alliances with potential market partners to support innovations in order to increase scale, scope and to strengthen the target groups response capacity, sustainability and resilience. According to Helvetas, due to the positive results of the previous phases of PRODERT, there is an imminent interest in the selected communities where the population has expressed strong interest to participate in the project. Until now, it has not been possible to incorporate them due to lack of funds.´Based on a previous MSD/M4P analysis, main identified constrains of the target groups to be part of the market systems are: (i) to reach a good level of associativity, (ii) lack of inclusive financial services (iii) lack of technical assistance and (iv) business development. In collaboration with different public, private and civil society actors the project with a catalyst role is expected to facilitate systemic changes in the identified constraints and Helvetas will focus on overcome these barriers. Preliminarily the intervention will support the development of 6 viable value chains with market potential and scaling up: potatoes, coffee, vegetables, handicrafts, beekeeping and sheep. PRODERT Scaling up amounts SEK 79 800 000, for the period 2018 – 2021. Besides, as part of this intervention it is estimated that the Department of Loans and Guarantees at Sida Headquarter (HQ) will support a guarantee and capital risk instrument, the cost of the guarantee is not still defined. A mission from the Sida HQ visited Guatemala in October 2017 to start assessing this specific support.
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In 2021 (i) 8,107 rural producers (67% indigenous women) organized in 79 enterprise networks who promote productive activities such as agricultural, livestock and handicrafts value chains (10 in total), with the support to the project, the target groups have improved their business, increased access to markets and increase their income compared to previous years when they just joined the project, in products they sold around Q.52 million in 2021 and generated 1,085 jobs. The products have been sold in national and regional markets as well as enterprise networks through the "School Food Law" have become providers of the Guatemalan state, providing healthy and local products for the preparation of food in national schools. (ii) In order to have greater access to markets and to ensure product quality and safety, technical capacities have been developed. Enterprise networks were linked to 19 companies (anchor companies). The companies provided the networks with technical assistance. Other 8 organizations supported the networks with technological innovation and good agricultural and environmental practices. (iii) The target groups, especially women, had access to the financial system and were able to developed savings capacity, and have also the opportunity to scaled up their businesses and improve their negotiating skills and enter to markets with quality products. (iv) The project promoted women's economic empowerment, with the project support 8 partner organizations develop gender equality, Women's Economic Empowerment and gender based-violence prevention policies; thus, it also contributed to the development of local economic development policies in 8 municipalities. (v) The project has played a catalytic role and managed to mobilize resources from other sources of financing, for example 22 municipalities co-invested more than Q.1,694,350.00 in enterprise networks, for the development of value chains, as well as the same business networks invested in their own businesses among other actors from the private sector.
"Vulnerable rural population particularly indigenous women increase their income and productive employment by capitalizing on the potential of local production and cultural values in five departments of the western highlands of Guatemala".
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