Project profile — Sustainable Livelihoods Through Co-operatives

• Malawi (9.00%)
• Philippines (8.00%)
• Indonesia (6.00%)
• Vietnam (7.00%)
• Colombia (12.00%)
• Ghana (19.00%)
• Uganda (12.00%)
• Peru (13.00%)
• Tanzania (4.00%)
• Cambodia (7.00%)
• Mongolia (1.00%)
• Nepal (2.00%)

• Agricultural inputs:
Agricultural inputs (31150) (5.00%)
Food crop production (31161) (5.00%)
Agricultural education/training (31181) (5.00%)
Agricultural services (31191) (5.00%)
Agricultural financial services (31193) (10.00%)
Agricultural co-operatives (31194) (70.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The program aims to promote the cooperative model to support economic growth and improve food security in communities. The expected results are: (1) viable co-operatives provide timely, relevant and gender-sensitive programs and services to members; (2) government decision-makers are influenced by co-operative sector; (3) increased social and economic empowerment of women and men; and (4) effective participation of Canadians in promoting gender equitable sustainable economic and social growth in participating countries. These results are expected to contribute to strengthening specific areas of expertise, including human resource development, governance training, business planning, marketing training, and technical assistance.

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Results achieved as of March 2015 include: (1) partners cooperatives provided timely, relevant and gender-sensitive programs and services to 4.1 million co-op members (3,2 million women); (2) 3.2 million women and 1 million men are conducting business through their cooperatives (savings, loans, bulk produce or insurance); (3) 326 cooperatives have improved their financial management; (4) the cooperative sector influenced government decision-makers and co-op interventions resulted in 32 changes being made to government policy, initiatives or programs. These changes vary from a new law on agricultural cooperatives being drafted, to the development of a national Deposit Guarantee Scheme; (5) over 44,000 women and 44,000 men increased their social and economic empowerment and are applying the skills and knowledge they acquired in the project; and (6) 67 million dollars were acquired in volume of sales or businesses carried out through partners' agricultural and worker cooperatives. These results have contributed to sustainable, gender equitable social and economic growth for women and men in the targeted communities.

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