JIWASA Programme – Strengthening Urban MSEs

Projekt abgeschlossen

Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) involved in processing have the potential to contribute to industrial development in Bolivia, but their productivity is low. The Jiwasa Programme is a government initiative that seeks to increase production and incomes. With public and private sector support, it will provide direct and strategic services to five production clusters prioritised by the Bolivian government. 10’000 jobs will be improved, and gender equality and cleaner production will be promoted.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Bolivien
Beschäftigung & Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
KMU Förderung
Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung
Gewerbeunterstützung & Wirtschaftszugang
Förderung von nicht landwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungsketten (bis 2016)
Förderung von landwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungskette (bis 2016)
Finanzsektorpolitik
Handelspolitik & Marktsystem
01.09.2014 - 31.03.2020
CHF  5’906’090
Hintergrund

MSEs have great potential to contribute to development in Bolivia, but they face problems such as limited access to technology and markets. The Jiwasa Programme, which is implemented by the devolved agency PROBOLIVIA, was designed jointly by the Ministry of Productive Development and the Plural Economy, SDC and DANIDA. It seeks to strengthen MSEs by providing regional-level services supported by public-private partnerships. The priority clusters are food production, leather, textiles, wood and metalwork, in urban areas of five departments in the Andean region of the country. The proposal is consistent with SDC’s Cooperation Strategy for 2013-2016, which prioritises working with disadvantaged groups, including women, to increase their income and improve their jobs, as well as helping to increase pro-poor public investment.

Ziele

Contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction by improving production conditions in urban areas of Bolivia.

Zielgruppen

3,500 MSEs will be provided with funding/services directly through business improvement plans; 10,000 people with employment links to these MSEs, 35% of whom are women, will improve their jobs.

Indirectly, 100,000 MSEs involved in processing are expected to register with PROBOLIVIA and access the benefits of regional public-private agreements.

Mittelfristige Wirkungen

Outcome 1. MSEs are better integrated in the local economy, with regional agreements aimed at strengthening them.

Outcome 2. MSEs production processes have improved as a result of the technical assistance and cleaner production services, training and seed capital provided by the Programme, tailored to their requirements and with gender equity.

Outcome 3.  MSEs are more involved in the market following promotion of the official register, competency certification, financial inclusion, associations, and implementation of business strategies. 20’000 MSEs are registered with PROBOLIVIA as the first step in their formalisation.

Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

i) Regional public-private agreement partners strengthened; ii) Programme results systematised for scaling-up; iii) Technical assistance services and seed capital provided to MSEs to address bottlenecks;  iv) Competency certification to meet occupational needs; v) Business models established to improve access to productive inputs and markets; vi) Partnerships with financial services providers consolidated.


Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

Opening credit key results:

  • Analysis of the current situation and bottlenecks in five priority production clusters.
  • Identification of barriers faced by women in MSEs in the priority clusters.
  • Opportunities for implementing cleaner production in each priority cluster.
  • Design of the Programme baseline.


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Ausländische staatliche Institution
  • Central State of South East
  • National State Institute North


Andere Partner

Departmental and municipal governments in La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba, Oruro and Chuquisaca. Productive Development Bank. Foundations, NGOs and companies providing technical assistance.

Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren

SDC projects: Rural Markets / Seed Capital, Vocational and Professional Training.

Other donors: World Bank and European Union as PROBOLIVIA funders.

Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    5’906’090 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    5’837’371
Projektphasen Phase 2 01.04.2020 - 31.01.2024   (Completed)

Phase 1 01.09.2014 - 31.03.2020   (Completed)