RURAL SMALL AND MICROENTERPRISE
PROMOTION PROJECT
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RURAL SMALL AND MICROENTERPRISE |
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THE PROJECTProject Area and Target GroupProject area. The project aims gradually to cover the entire country and will particularly seek complementarity with other IFAD and donor-funded projects active in rural areas. From the outset, special attention will be given to developing the capacity of local professional organizations and the private sector will be mobilized to assume responsibility for sustainable service delivery to SMEs. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the intervention
area, project approaches will vary in each zone. Zone 1
covers the provinces of Ruhengeri, Byumba and Umutara. Building on the
achievements of the first phase of RSMEPP, the project will gradually
withdraw from this zone, fully transferring SME service delivery to professional
organizations. This experience will serve as the basis on which to develop
the project’s exit strategy for the other provinces. Zone
2: In the provinces of Kibungo and Kigali Ngali (Rural Kigali),
activities will complement the Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development
Project and particularly support agroprocessing and diversification of
income-generating activities. Zone 3 takes in the provinces
of Kibuye, Gisenyi and Cyangugu, which border part of Lake Kivu. Due to
its high proportion of vulnerable people, priority will be given to Kibuye.
Starting from year three in Gisenyi and Cyangugu, the project will cooperate
with projects funded by AfDB and planned by the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation. Zone 4 covers the provinces of Butare,
Gikongoro and Gitarama (from year three). Coordination, cooperation and
complementarity of activities will be observed with all development partners,
especially with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), which
has joined the NGO Forum and complements artisanal support activities.
The approaches developed will serve as a model for the other project zones. |