ICCO, Connect4Change and ICT for economic development

ICCO, Connect 4 Change, and ICT for Economic Development

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established in 1965
220 ftu staff, 9 regional offices
in 2009 a budget 150 miljoen euro per jaar, reduced to some 90 million in 2011
This is ICCO

This is ICCO
930 partnerorganisations,
in 50 countries
in the “ICCO Alliance” cooperating with Kerk in Actie, Prisma, Oikocredit, Edukans en Share People and Yente

Enable people to improve their own situation
Challenge injustice
Create Social and Public Awareness on Development Issues in the Netherlands and world wide
Key objectives

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Mosty of the issues we deal with require multi-stakeholder cooperation, with
civil society organisations,
government institutions and
elements of the private sector
Cooperation

Accesss to Basic Services (water, education, health)
Democratisation and Conflict Transformation
Fair Economic Development
ICCO’s Thematic Areas

Strengthen rural entrepreneurship, including producer organizations
Inclusive value chain development especially in international chains such as cotton or fruit
Improved access to suitable and affordable financial services, for individual producers and chains
Fair Economic Development in the ICCO Alliance

Markets and consumer demands are drivers for increasing farmer productivity and quality.
B. Financial strategies must fit in the market logic, using market conform instruments as much as possible
FED: Lessons learned

C. Fair Trade and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) offer increasing opportunities for poverty reduction. D. Mainstream activities are important to scale up and reach more impact FED lessons learned

FED lessons learned E. Small producers are vulnerable and should diversify and start adding value to their products to access new markets. F. In between and around producers and consumers there are many other actors to be engaged.

Develop pro poor, inclusive strategies and new business models to engage with the Private Sector on equal terms
H. Ensure that women and men benefit equally and address the interest of landless rural poor, selling their labor
FED lessons learned

FED Strategies

An Alliance of Dutch development organisations and specialized ICT organisations
AKVO,
Cordaid,
Edukans,
ICCO
IICD
Text to Change.

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Integration and up-scaling of ICT in development programmes.
Innovative application of combined ICTs in development
Knowledge sharing and learning by bundling ICT- based learning and reporting approaches.
Sharing policies, methods and good practices among members and with other actors.
Mobilise popular support for holding governments accountable through the use of ICT.
Connect 4 Change

Programme to scale up and scale out ICT for (agricultural) producer organisations market led initiatives.
- Aims to Improve income and employment opportunities for 1,500,000 people in 8 countries
C4C: Economic Development

10 countries: Bolivia, Ecuador, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
3 thematic areas: ICT for
Economic Development (ICCO)
Education (Edukans)
Health (Cordaid)
Connect 4 Change

Capacity Building “Integrating ICTs” in producer organisations’ strategies
Strengthening producer organisations efficiency and outreach
Communication between operators in a chain and with Business Development Services
Strengthening (rural outreach of) Microfinance Agencies
lobby on issues of Economic Development and ICTs
Knowledge sharing on ICTs, and on the use of ICTs in Economic Development.
An online and publicly accessible M&E platform /fundraising mechanism
Economic programme in key words

Thank you for your attention For more information see www.icco.nl and www.connectforchange.nl

ICCO, Connect4Change and ICT for economic development

by ICCO Alliance on Dec 02, 2010

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