SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR RURAL MICROENTERPRISE POLES AND REGIONAL

ECONOMIES - PROSPERER –MADAGASCAR

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVESPROGRAMME OBJECTIVESProgramme goal : To increase rural poor incomes by consolidating

Rural MicroEnterprises (RMEs) at local and regional levels

Specific objectives :To create and support a network of professional

to meet rural enterprises’needs ; To contribute to the formulation of a national

policy and institutional framework in support of RMEs development ;

To improve the RMEs competitiveness in order to boost the clusters and value chains performance with linkages to regional growth poles ;

To enable entrepreneurs access to sustainable financial and non-financial services and markets in a favorable risk management context ;

To establish an enabling environment for the modernization of rural value chains.

MAIN COMPONENTSMAIN COMPONENTS

Five (05) components :

(i) RMEs identification and mobilization ;

(ii) BDS for RMEs and vocational training ;

(iii)Rural finance and risk management ;

(iv)Market infrastructure and enabling investments ;

(v) Monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and communication.

MAIN ACTIVITIESMAIN ACTIVITIESThe Program will provide existing small-scale

entrepreneurs from five most densely populated regions with a range of business development services, from training services to improved technologies, to overcome bottlenecks and to support economic growth.

Beneficiaries will also have better access to financial products and services, such as micro-finance and insurance schemes.

The Program will offer professional and apprenticeships training to other young people and adults who want to create their own microenterprises along key value chains.

It will also help strengthen public-private partnerships with professional federations, the Government and the Trade Chamber Federation.

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTSMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

RMEs identification and mobilization

21 value chains diagnosis studies, Inventory of 67 649 RMEs and validation

of 22 654 RMEs to be supported,Establishment of 19 multi-services “one-

stop shop”,50 enterprise advisers trained and

operational,Public partners trained in order to enable

the environment for rural value chains modernization,

Elaboration of 1233 business plans, Training of 309 basic organizations and

22 professional organizations.

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

BDS for RMEs and vocational training

77 Service Providers trained in diagnosis, 429 Service Providers trained in technique and quality, 95 Service Providers trained in management and accounting, 68 Service Providers trained in Marketing, 32 Service Providers trained in entrepreneurship 38 Service Providers trained in savings and credit culture 47 Service Providers trained in andragogy

7159 RME trained in entrepreneurship, 5029 RME trained in savings and credit culture, 4594 RME trained in technique and quality, 3457 RME trained in Management and accounting, 2577 RME trained in Marketing, 1348 RME trained in technique and quality by their pairs.

214 young literate, 427 adults literate 1056 in apprenticeship 417 young people who completed the apprenticeship training. 214 young people receiving start-up kits