RURAL ENTERPRISES PROJECT

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RURAL ENTERPRISES PROJECT

• PRESENTATION ON INITIATIVE FOR RURAL ENTERPRISE
  GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION (IREGE).
• By Felix Appiah Gambrah (Monitoring and
  Evaluation Assistant)

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Presentation outline

• Project Background and Overview of REP M E
  System
• The Initiative for Rural Enterprise Growth and
  Employment Creation (IREGE)
• Strategy and Approach
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Experiences and Challenges
• Lessons Learnt and Way Forward

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Project background and Overview of REP M E
System

• Immediate objective -to build a competitive rural
  micro and small enterprise sector in the
  participating district
• PME approach and Results based
• Main outcome results captured No. of new
  businesses established No. of rural MSEs
  reporting sustained profits No. of jobs created
  No. of rural MSEs linked to larger commercial
  operations enterprises No. of clients
  operating active bank accounts
• How results are captured Client business
  records, follow up by IUs and agencies using
  designed formats, Client databases, Monitoring
  visits by PCMU, Studies by external consultants
  and supervision missions

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INITIATIVE FOR RURAL ENTERPRISE GROWTH AND
EMPLOYMENT CREATION (IREGE)

• IREGE provision of an intensive integrated
  project services by the different components to
  selected clients
• Objective
• To accelerate enterprise growth and enhance
  sustainability of MSEs
• Collaborators -REP, IFAD Supervision mission,
  DAs, Project clients, BACs/RTFs, Service
  providers

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Strategy and Approach

• competitive selection of 20 districts
• Strengthening the BACs/RTFs
• Selection of a maximum of 150 clients from a
  district
• Classifying of clients enterprises ( Start -up ,
  Survival , Normal Growth, Rapid Growth)
• Training programmes focused on the specific needs
  of clients

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Monitoring Evaluation

• Data collection - intensive counseling and follow
  up
• Some monitoring tools - IREGE client
  registration form, database, business counseling
  and follow up report form
• Expected Impact - increased enterprise growth
  and employment generated measured through
  appropriate indicators
• Monitoring Evaluation Comparison of
  indicators with baseline situation

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Experiences and Challenges

• Positive Experiences of IREGE
• MSE growth and sustainability
• Improved team work among BACs/RTFs
• Improved records keeping
• Challenges
• The potential of the BACs/RTFs to focus more on
  IREGE clients and neglect other potential clients
  or start ups

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Lessons Learnt and Way Forward

• Key lessons learnt
• Improved business performance
• Specific and focused interventions
• The way forward
• Upscale the initiative into the programme

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IREGE Client
Journalists from the Daily Graphic and Ghanaian
Times interacting with Zaliatu, an IREGE client
in the Asante Akim South District at her workshop