This document outlines a Community Co-operative & Private Partnership (CCPP) approach to strengthen women-headed microenterprises in Sri Lanka through cooperative networks. It aims to establish sustainable product marketing and input supply arrangements between 100 microentrepreneurs from 7 cooperatives and identified business partners. Key activities include selecting high-performing microentrepreneurs, assessing input and marketing needs, and establishing business relationships with partners over 6 months of continuous monitoring. The approach aims to reduce costs through collective purchasing and secure business relationships through forward sales agreements. It is supported by microentrepreneurs, cooperatives, and development organizations and aims for long-term sustainability through empowered women leadership and established cooperative-partner relationships.

1. Community Co-ooperative & Private
Partnership (CCPP) Approach
for Women Enterprise Development
Sri Lankan Team – Learing Route Nepal - 2013

2. VISIONVISION
• To ensure the sustainable
product marketing arrangement
between women headed micro
Entrepreneurs and business
partners through co-operative
network

3. BACKGROUND
• 3 women headed micro entrepreneurs
living in coastal region who were severly
affected by tsunami were trained, mobilized
and empowered to run their businesses
profitably.
• To strenthen their business net working and
marketing arrangements,7 cooperatives and
apex organization have already been
established under VISMA Plus Brand.

4. BACKGROUND con.........
• However, exsisting gaps in product marketing and
input supply has been created barriers for
sustaining the businesses and futher expansions.
• Hence, this innovation is forcusing to implement a
collective approach towards realistic pilot business
Modal.
• The result genetated by this intervention will be
shaired /applied and further replicated for
identified different other sectors .

5. GENERAL OBJECTIVE
• Strengthenning of product market network
and input supply mechanism for cooperative
network using value chain approach.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• To intervene in cost reduction process via
collective purchasing of necessary inputs
• Strengthenning of intergrated and secured
business relationship through forward sales
agreements/contracts

6. PEOPLE/TARGET GROUP
• Outstanding 100 micro enterprenures from 7
cooperatives
©Selection of enterprenures for this intervention to
be conducted by applying the tool PERFORMANCE
RANKING and REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE of different
caergories of Performance.

7. PROJECT LOCATION
Ampara
Galle
Hambantota
Kalutara
Matara
Batticaloa
Trincomalee

8. PARTNERS
• VISMA Plus Ltd.
• Ministry of Fisharies
• Ministry of Economic Development
• PTCRRMP/IFAD
• SPEnDP/IFAD
• COSTI
• IDAR

9. ACTIVITIES
No. Activity Time line (Months)
Selection of highly performed micro
enterprenures
×
Need assesment of row materials and product
marketing requirments
×
Establishment of relevant business
relationships with identified business partners
× ×
Continuous process monitoring over agreed
period of contract
× × × × × ×

10. RESOURCES
• Project staff
• Trained and empowered women headed
micro enterprenures
• Private sector
• Wholesale input providers
• US $ -Minimum

11. ESTIMATED BUDGET
Source of Funds Cost ( US $ )
• Micro Enterprenutes
• VISMA Plus
• PTCRRMP
• SPEnDP
• Procasur Cooperation
Total

12. SUSTAINABILITY
• The cooperative network will continue
the business operations together with
empowered women leadership through
established business relationship between
the partners

13. Thank You