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ME & BDComponents
of FES Program
ME & BD=Micro-Enterprise & Business
Development
The person who is honored to join with you forthis presentation:
Md. MaklsudurRahman; ME & BDAdvisor

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At a Glance ME & BDComponents:
1. Participatory Agro-product Diversification Project
(PADP) in rural 5 PUs --- on going since 2004/05
2. Vocational Skills Development in partnership with
UCEP in urban 2 PUs --- on going since 2000
3. Smallholders’ Dairy/Goat rearing project in rural 2
PUs --- recently Launched; April 2009
4. Micro-Enterprise Development (MED) in rural 02
PUs – will be started from July 09 (PO already
prepared)
5. Youth Employment Strengthening (YES) in rural
03 PUs – will be started from July 09 (PO already
prepared)

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1. Agriculture programat a glance:

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Agriculture programin Plan-CSP
• Program Objective 3: Increased agriculture based
household production of targeted families through
building technical and management capacity of the
community.
• 3.1 Increase percentage of families in Plan rural
communities with increased command over food as
a result of improvement in the productivity of their
farm enterprise from 32.02% to 55%.

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Geographical Coverage
1. Jaldhaka UZ: 12 UPs; Koimari, Khutamara and Mirganj
Unions and other 09 unions partially since Oct’ 07;
Implementing partner: SHARP
2. SreepurUZ: 05 UPs; Rajabari, Prohladpur, Gazipur,
Mawna and in Gosinga unions since 2004; Implementing
partner: PRANTEC
3. Hatibandha UZ: 04 UPs; Nawdabash, Gotamari,
Singimari and Barakhata unions since Sept ’05;
Implementing partner: OVA
4. ChirirbandarUZ: 02 UPs; Tetulia and Satnala unions
since
Jan ’05; Implementing partner: BOHUBRIHY

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Activities in a Nutshell
• Promotion of Strawberry cultivation
• Promotion of Mushroom cultivation
• Promotion of fruits gardening (Jujube,
Papaya)
• Promotion of homestead vegetable gardening
• Promotion of Soil test by SRDI
• Promotion of composting and vermin
compost.
• Promotion of organic pesticides
• Khash land utilization by hard core poor
• Poultry rearing by hard core poor.

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Activities Continued---
• Promotion of Integrated Farming and Intercropping
• Development of Resource Farmers/ Para-Vets
• Development of Community Training Nursery
• Organizing demonstration plot, farmers gathering,
field day, agricultural technology fair etc.
• Facilitate farmers for input & output market
linkages
• Linkage and networking with BARI, WRC, SRDI,
DAE, DLS, RU, HDU and Private Sector Service
Providers.
• Promotion of Weather Resilient Crop cultivation for
adaptation to Climate Change and MONGA

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2. Vocational Skills Development program at a
glance:

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Vocational Skills Development in Plan-CSP:
• Program Objective 2: Increase opportunities for
unskilled adolescents and women to learn
livelihood skills aligned with employment
opportunities
• Increase percentage of adult family members in
Plan communities who have completed skill
development training and get jobs on that skill for
0.54% to 15%.
• Increase percentage of families in Plan communities
with at-least one member’s works round the year
from 76.79% to 80%.

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Geographical Coverage:
1. City Polly, Dhalpur-Jatrabari under Dhaka
South PU
(UCEP-Plan Technical School, City Polly-
Dhalpur)
2. Bauniabandh, Mirpur under Dhaka North PU
(UCEP-Plan Technical School, Bauniabandh)

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Activities in a Nutshell:
1. Project Output Delivery: Skills training in various
Trades
(i. Industrial Sewing, Embroidery & Jori-Chumki; ii. Electronic
Technology; iii. Electrical Technology; iv. Auto Mechanics; v.
Plumbing & Pipe Fitting vi. Car Driving; and vii. Refrigeration
& Air condition)
(2 shifts per day, each shift 20 students- Boys & Girls)
2. Advocacy & Networking:
(Parents meeting, Employers meeting, Job Fair etc.)
3. Day/WeekObservation:
(Days: World Children, Victory, Mother Language, Independence,

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Yearwise Job Placement:
Year
Graduated Job Placed
Job
Placed
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total %
2005 179 119 298 91 64 155 52.01
2006 194 97 291 77 46 123 42.26
2007 248 122 370 84 45 129 34.86
2008 210 118 328 85 32 117 35.67
Total 1287 524 40.71
From 2009 we have taken a comprehensive strategy to improve the job
placement

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3. Dairy Project: MilkProduction as a means to
Livelihood Security of the Poor

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Objective of the Dairy Project:
To increase incomes and more sustainable
livelihoods of the targeted landless and
smallholding households through providing
support for producing milk from Profitable
cows using good farming practice and
grazing land management in northern part of
Bangladesh.

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Geographical Coverage:
A. Jaldhaka UZ of Nilphamari district (JLDPU):
Cluster-1: Mirgonj UP (7 Villages);
Cluster–2: Koimari UP (9 Villages) & Pauroshova (9
Wards)
B. Hatibandha UZ of Lalmonirhat district (HTBPU):
Cluster– 1: Borokhata UP (3 Villages)
Cluster– 2: Gotamari UP (3 Villages)

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Farming types
• Type-I (one cow farm): Poor household farmers
who has little own land to graze the cow but has a
homestead to make shed for the cow
• Type-II (two to three cows farm):
Entrepreneurial poor household who has less then 50
decimal own land where they can grow small grain
crops and grass for cattle
• Goat Farm: Extreme Poor Household who are
interested to rear Goat for the both milk and meat
production.

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MajorActivities
• Formation of milk Producers, Marketing and
Processing groups in the program areas.
• Capacity Building of the PNGOs, Para Vets &
Farmers
• Grazing land & improved feeding management
• Healthcare services by public/private service
providers
• Linkage with traditional and formal sector processors
• Biogas plant and compost fertilizer by using cow-
dung
• Advocacy and Networking with GOs, NGOs & Private

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4. Micro-Enterprise Development
(MED) programat a glance:

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MEDin Plan-CSP:
Program Objective 4: Increase income earning
opportunities by promoting community based
small and micro enterprises that potentially could
create wage labourin the labourmarket.
• % of adult family members in Plan communities
who works round the year (work for wage in 260 days
per year).

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Geographical Coverage:
1. SreepurPU, GazipurDistrict in Partnership with
Dustha Shashtha Kendra (DSK); an existing
Flexible Micro-Finance Partner
2. Combined DinajpurPU, DinajpurDistrict in
Partnership with Come To Save (CTS); an
existing Flexible Micro-Finance Partner

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Plan has targeted the groups forMED
program–
The clients who are
advanced/graduated/matured Micro-Finance
borrowers of existing Partners ie. clients who
received Micro-Finance services with amounted
Tk.30,000+
for a longer period of time.
Target Group forMED:

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Proposed Activity forMEDProgram:
1. Capacity building of Plan & Partner staffs on
Entrepreneurship & Business Management issues
2. Capacity building of ME clients on
Entrepreneurship &
Business Management issues
3. Providing Business Development Services for the
MEs
4. Facilitating MEs to establish linkages with the
formal sector Financial Institutions
(Banks/Corporate Sectors)
5. Advocacy and Networking for creating a Conducive
Business Environment and Local Economic

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5. Youth Employment Strengthening
(YES) Program
Unemployment is the problem Youth are the Solution

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Youth Employment in
New ProgramFramework(2009-2013):
“Family Economic Security-FES” will be shifted as
“Adequate Standard of Living” domain
Goal of the Domain: Children and Youth will enjoy
their
right to an Adequate Standard of living.

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ProgramStatement & Objectives:
Program Statement:
Facilitate youth in realizing their potentials by exploring
employment and income opportunities through
appropriate skills and services to improve standard of
living
Program Objectives:
•To transfer market driven technical know-how for
enhancing entrepreneurial ability and employability of
the youth
•To increase accessibility on available resources and
advanced technologies
•To explore policy advocacy at local and national level

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Geographical Coverage:
1. Hatibandha PU in Partnership (Service Provider)
with a Private School which is continuing
2. Jaldhaka PU- Contractors/Service Providers still to
be finalized
3. Combined DinajpurPU- Contractors/Service
Providers still to be finalized
4. SreepurPU- Mode of service delivery mechanism
still to be finalized with a Private College (A A
Khan College)

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Proposed MajorActivities:
• Learner and service providers selection for demand
driven appropriate technology transfer
• Identify potential employers for Internship/
Apprenticeship
• Search learners friendly stipend mechanism
• Develop linkages & networking with relevant service
providers
• Design and implement local & national level
advocacy for accessing available Opportunities
• Explore alternative financing
• Monitoring & Evaluation

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Alignment with the CSP& CCCDA:
• All the descried program component meets the
CSP/CPO Objectives and directly contributing to
achieve the FES program Goal-- “All children,
especially from poor families, have improved lives and
livelihoods, through demand driven micro-finance and
other livelihood services and institutions”
• The program components are fully aligned with CCCD
approach, emphasizes meaningful participation for
children and other populations that have been subject
to social, political and economic exclusion. Special
emphasis is placed on all the program strategies that
have impact for as many children as possible and
included segments of the population those are
marginalized; especially poor youth and women.

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Alignment with Child Rights, Child Protection &
RBA:
• Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of
employment, to just and favorable conditions of work
and to protection against unemployment (Universal
Declaration of Human Rights)
All the program components of
FES are emphasized on
wellbeing of the Children and
their Families without
undermining the Rights Based
issues; moreover strongly
committed to promote Child
Rights and Child Protection by
educating the Partners,
Employers, Service providers
and other Stakeholders.

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