APR Workshop 2010-Learning Routes-Innovation marketplace-Ariel Halpern

Annual Performance Review and South-South Cooperation Event

1-6 November 2010Nanning, China

Innovation Marketplace 2010

IS POSSIBLE TO BRING THE LEARNING ROUTE METHODOLOGY TO ASIA AND THE PACIFIC?


EXAMPLES OF KNOWN AND VALIDATED INNOVATIONS ORIGINATED IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC:

- Self Help Groups and Village Banking

- Intensive and sustainable natural resource management: land and water

- Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Microfinance, Market Information and e-learning


WHAT ELSE CAN WE LEARN AND UPSCALE BASED ON IFAD OPERATIONS AND PARTNERS?


THIS YEAR AT THE INNOVATION MARKETPLACE

- Asia and the Pacific

- East and West Africa

- South and Central America


HOW TO PROFIT THE MOST OF THE IMP?

Meet the Innovators in their stands

One recommendation:

PLAN your 45 minutes KNOWLEDGE SHOPPING byusing THE LEAFLET IN YOUR FOLDER


LET´S WELCOME THE INNOVATION CHAMPIONS WITH A BIG RAIN CLAPPING BROUGHT FROM TANZANIA

CLAPPING CLUB PLEASE TEACH US…


Road Map to Reduce Poverty of Ultra Poor Women applied by MIDPCR/ LGEDWe are involved in Labour Contracting Society (LCS), as an alternative to private contractor. Targeting 17000 destitute women the approach provides secured employment and wage. Savings and profit are invested Income Generating Activities (IGA) that are improving their livelihood, self esteem and social capital.

Md. KhalilurRahmanProject DirectorMIDPCR, LGED [email protected]


Local Resource Person: Filling the technical Gap in the RuralWUPAP works in extreme remote ultra poor areas, promoting livelihood improvement. Due to this, a regular and reliable technical service has been a critical issue. With the promotion of Local Resource Persons, the Project sustain in time technological support and inputs supplies to farmers. LRP are today a role model


Concrete Block Road: a better option to build environment and climate friendly road infrastructuresConcrete block-based rural road pavement has been designed and introduced for the first time in rural Bangladesh. It is Labor intensive, cost effective, environment and climate friendly. It also involves community over the whole cycle of its construction. The design has been endorsed to other rural areas in the country.


Rural poor towards prosperity through the management of Revolving FundsPoor build confidence by using Revolving Fund for activities of their livelihood improvement managed by their own community organization (CO) and developing institution of poor in managing finances, production and marketing.


Women’s Cooperative Livestock FarmingWomen’s Cooperative Livestock Farming was developed through an embedding scientific technique in goat rearing targeting women in poor rural areas aimed at profit maximization in livestock trading. The product was designed as an integrated group lending cooperative farming facility with an aim to yield increased monthly income for the beneficiaries.


Traditional Skills to Global DealsA poverty alleviation strategy harnessing the indigenous skills and resources of the beneficiaries and relates with other relevant development themes to make the undertakings sustainable.


Improved terrace system for the rural poorTerrace system is a simple rectangular system which retain surface runoff water. Mostly, sorghum is planted and land is treated by chisel and ridgers, or traditional hoes. The embankments are usually constructed manually or by oxen drawn tools, but recently raised by tractors and earth moving machines.


Make visible women empowerment through marketplace and policy dialogueExtend achievements of poor women to the outside through the event Results Recommendation indoor and Products Marketplace in commercial area strengths impact of pro poor investment and to elevate the economic and social status of women by improving market access and mainstreaming gender in government policies making.


Commercial insects: part of a sustainable solution for biodiversity loss and climate changeBiodiversity is the basis of our livelihood and economy at household and national levels, gives us resilience to overcome droughts, famine and natural shocks. Biodiversity is not only just species and genes, is livelihood for all stakeholders.


Cashless Credit Model in Agric value Chains FinancingWe came up with a cashless credit system that links famers with input dealers and service providers and forward to marketing companies. The facilitating Agency and the project ensure mutual trust, transparency and enforcement of signed Agreements.


Local Committee for Resource Allocation (CLAR)Local Committee for Resource Allocation (CLAR) is a public contest to handout resources to organized smallholders groups in the rural. The contests areorganized by local governments, chaired by the mayor and a jury conformedby social leaders, advanced entrepreneurs and technical advisers, allchosen and legitimate by the local community.


Rural Eco Turism in Guatemala This innovation brings opportunity to a producers group who did not owned land, but the nature benefited them with a river that crosses their community. This group sells to the international tourism the rafting service, restaurant and hostel service, using the web as a commercial platform.


AND FOR THOSE WHO WANTED AND DESERVE TO BE HERE NOW BUT COULDN´T …… A BIG APPLAUSE


Farmers with checkbook, an innovative strategy to overcome rural povertyEmpowerment of rural entrepreneurs is achieved when trust is mutual between governments and civil society, project disbursement are made directly to the farmer bank accounts, who are responsible for executing, following and auditing and for the public accountability of the public resources awarded


Self Help GroupsThe Project has established 3500 self help groups and aggregated them as federations for taking up social and business issues. Knowledge sharing workshops with the federations has helped the federations to network with each other, establish linkages with stakeholders and develop business plans and ensuring sustainability of project interventions.

SMS for good businessPiloted use of SMS based information through mobile phones for providing customised information on weather, market, crop advisory, government schemes for women in Uttarakhand. The service is being up-scaled to cover more than 1500 HH in project area.

Pawan Kumar, ULIPH, India


LETS GO AND FIND OUT BY PARTICIPATING IN THE INNOVATION MARKETPLACE

MAYBE YOU ARE AN INNOVATION CHAMPION AS WELL

THANKS


WELCOME BACK!


Please share your insights:

1. What did you find interesting?

2. What innovations do you feel there are missing this year?

3. Interested in following up with the exchanges?


IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CLOSING THE DEAL

JOIN OTHER PRACTICIONERS IN THE KNOWLEDGE BUSINESS TABLES


WHAT ARE THE KNOWLEDGE BUSINESS TABLES (KBT)?

Is an interactive face to face, PEER TO PEER METHODOLOGY to:

• Identify our CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES inside and outside of Asia and the Pacific

• In order to HARVEST THE EFFECTIVE DEMAND and CONTENTS for a LEARNING HIGHWAY PROGRAMME


BASIC BUSINESS TABLES YOU CAN SUSCRIBE TO1. Public, private and mix rural

development projects implementation cycle

4. Access and management of Information and Communications Technologies in the

rural areas

7. Natural resources management in times of food insecurity and global warming

2. Advocacy, policy dialogue and public policy influence within IFADs

project

5. Rural microfinance innovative services and products for the poorest of the poor

8. Targeting right: experience of success work with youth, women and traditional

communities

3. Promotion of grassroots organizations and network

6. Rural microenterprise access to local, national, international and especial markets

9. New rural business: diversifying income alternatives for the rural poor.


Where to learn from

Our challenges


1. One LearningRoute

2. Another Learning Route


• HOW TO SUSCRIBE TO THE KBT AND MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT:

1. FILL THE SECOND SHEET OF THE LEAFLET

2. HANDLE IT TO THE KNOWLEDGE FACLITATORS

3. WE WILL COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU

KBT: TUESDAY 17:30 (free beer and juice)


THANKS

Ariel HalpernPROCASUR Corporation

[email protected] / www.procasur.org

APR Workshop 2010-Learning Routes-Innovation marketplace-Ariel Halpern

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