Innovation Plan CEAPREAD, Nepal Learning Route, Women empowerment, new businesses and sustainable natural resources management in Nepal. 13 - 21 September 2013

1. Intra-project learning route and
leadership development
Subhechchha Shrestha
Vegetable Seed Project (VSP)
Center for Environmental and Agricultural
Policy Research, Extension and Development
(CEAPRED)

2. Vision
Strengthening the participation of female
members of cooperative in decision making
process

3. Target groups
• Female and male members of the cooperatives
• Especially female

4. Opportunities
Ongoing
activities
Ongoing
activities
Gender
related
trainings
Gender
related
trainings
Less active participation and expressiveness of
female members in the decision making process
(not improved as expected)
Less active participation and expressiveness of
female members in the decision making process
(not improved as expected)
Exposure
activity visits
Exposure
activity visits
Women
entrepreneurship
promotion
activity
Women
entrepreneurship
promotion
activity
Good inclusion of
female members in
the decision making
positions
Good inclusion of
female members in
the decision making
positions
Ongoing activities can be
opportunity
Ongoing activities can be
opportunity
Something is
missing ???
Something is
missing ???

5. Partners
• VSP/CEAPRED
• Consultants (for case study analysis)
• Trainers (for leadership development training)
• Procasur

6. Objectives
General:
•To increase active participation of female in
decision making process of cooperatives
Specific:
•To make the community realize and compare its
status in terms of female participation in decision
making process
•To develop women leadership

7. Activities
3 Steps:
1.Self realization through case study analysis
(Male + Female)
2.Exposure visit (Male + Female)
3.Leadership development training (Female)

8. Detailed activities
Activities Budget
Time Line
Dec Jan Feb Mar
Identification of two cooperatives
of the project (of two different
districts and one coop- more
advanced than other)
10,000
Case Study Analysis of the two
cooperatives
50,000
Exposure Visit 170,000
Self Analysis by visiting coop -
Leadership development training
to female members visited
75,000
Total 305,000

9. Resources
Resources Required
Financial NRs. 305,000 (Source: PROCASUR)
Human • Professionals for case study analysis
• Trainer for leadership development
training

10. Sustainability
• Inclusion of male as well as female members in
the self realization and exposure visit program
• Reduced objections from male members
• Realize the positive result of working together
(male and female) in all the activities including
decision making process
• As they self realize their lackings they will surely
be committed in the activities which will
capacitate them and benefit them
• Other cooperatives will also learn from this

11. Sustainability contd…
Indicators:
•No. of female in executive positions in coop
•Their attendance in the meeting
•Their contribution in the decision making process
•No. of female giving their views in the meeting
•No. of times they give their views in the meeting
•No. of female speakers in the mass speaking
•No. of decisions made including their views

12. Thank you