EURADA ACP meeting Brussels 22 August 2000

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Local Economic Development Agencies in Mozambique
Carlien van Empel, ILO / Employment Sector, 4,
Route des Morillons, CH-1211 Genève Tel.
41.22.799.60.32, Fax. [phone],
E-mail vanempel_at_ilo.org Internet
www.ilo.org/employment/led

• Human Development at the Local Level
• UNOPS / ILO

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Local Economic Development MOZAMBIQUE

• Context
• (programme, socio-economic situation,
  geographic areas)
• LED Objectives
• Methodology (steps)
• Local Economic Development Agencies
  (organizational structure, members, objectives,
  activities)

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Context

• Programme
• Partners Mozambican government, Italian
  cooperation, UNOPS, ILO
• Objective Improve living and working conditions
  of the mainly rural population
• Components Social, Institutional, Economic
• Areas Maputo, Manica and Sofala Provinces (7
  districts)
• Social and economic situation in the areas
• Conflict-affected
• Transition from centrally planned to free market
  economy
• Subsistence economy, self-employment in informal
  sector
• Low population density, dispersion and
  accessibility difficulties
• Low level of formal education
• Low productivity
• Lack of formal finance mechanism

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Programme areas
                                               
 
MANICA
SOFALA
MAPUTO
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Local Economic Development Objectives

• Improve the support services for productive
  activities and marketing
• Strenghten local capacities and potential
• Promote and create Local Economic Development
  Agencies

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Methodology steps for the creation of LEDAs
sustainability
consolidation
?
establishment
design
Sensibilization / promotion
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LEDAs organizational structure
General Assembly
Fiscal Board
Management Board
Consultative Board
Executive Director
Planning, evaluation and monitoring
Training, Techncial and Fiancial Assistance
Promotion and information
Administration and Fianance
Antenna North
Antenna Centre
Antenna South
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LEDAs members

• Public institutions
• Producers associations / cooperatives
• Elected local bodies
• Elected community members / district
  representatives
• Private enterprises
• NGOs (civil society)

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LEDAs objectives in the Province

• To promote the animation and diversification of
  the economy
• To promote and disseminate information on
  economic potential and opportunities
• To provide technical and finacial assistance for
  the creation and reinforcement of micro and small
  enterprsies, promoting weakened economic sectors
• Promote the creation and development of
  cooperatives and associations which contribute to
  the economic development of the community
• To manage, mobilize and canalize financial and
  technical resources
• To promote a network of techncial, finacial,
  commercial and administrative cooperation in
  support to the enterprises promoted by LEDA

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LEDAs activities

• Economic promotion
• Regional promotion
• Provision of services
• Economic animation
• Technical assistance
• Financial assistance
• Promotion of cooperatives and associations
• Promotion and management of development projects
• Networking

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LED results (I)permanent and temporary jobs
created
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LED results (II)new enterprises created
 
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LED results (III)number of credits disbursed
 
 
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LED results (IV)
 

• Training /seminars
• 95 courses
• 3228 participants
• Subjects
• Bee keeping
• Cattle breeding
• Poultry
• Start and improve your business
• Formulation of busienss plans
• Land rights
• Association building
• Etc.

• Associations / cooperatives
• Sofala province
• 2 created
• 13 in process
• 301 members
• Manica province
• 18 in process
• 270 members

 
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Contact addresses Mozambique
ILO LED experts Mozambique Mr. Geert van Boekel
/ Maputo Tel. [phone] Fax.
258.1.490.551 geert.van.boekel_at_pdhlmoz.org Mrs.M
arjon van Logtestijn / Chimoio Tel.
258.51.24.206 Fax.[phone] marjon.van.logt
estijn_at_pdhlmoz.org Mr. Michiel ter Ellen /
Beira Tel. [phone] Fax.[phone] mic
hiel.ter.ellen_at_pdhlmoz.org
ADEL Manica (ADEM) Instituto Nacional de
Segurança Social (R/C) Rua dos Operários Chimoio T
el. 258.51.224.14 Fax.[phone]
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National and international networks
CEBEDA Bosnia Herzegovina
BARDA Bulgaria
ACLEDA Cambodia
MBDA Mongolia
Central American Network
BIK Kyrgyztan
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CENTRAL AMERICAN NETWORK