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Capacity Development of NGOs for Small and Micro-Lending Program
Project / Programme summary

I. Basic data

Sector(s): Micro-credit
Title: Capacity Development of NGOs for Small and Micro-Lending Programme
Donor country / organization: UNV/Special Voluntary Fund
Other donors / organizations involved: UNDP/South Africa
Beneficiary countries / regions: Republic of South Africa
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd.
Duration: Two years
Starting Date: April 1998
Project / Program budget: US220,000.-
Finance / Type of cooperation: technical co-operation

II. Project / programme description

  1. Objectives
    The project serve as a bridge, linking highly successful lending institutions from Asia and/or Africa and the South African NGOs engaging in lending programmes for SMME(Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises). Experts from institutions such as Grameen Bank, Bangladesh Rural advancement Committee (BRAC) and Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (KREP) offer expertise and advisory support under the UNV UNISTAR (UN International Short- Term Advisory Resources) modality, focusing mainly on skills transfer and capacity building .
  2. Activities / contents
    1. Conduct seminars and workshop on international lending methodologies and current development in small and medium- sized lending to 14 partners NGOs/CBOs.
    2. Assist in write-up baseline report and define success indicators with the participating NGOs.
    3. Provide on-site intensive counseling to lending institutions on lending programme operations.
    4. Develop formats for MIS reports which will be used by the Implementing Agency (Khula Enterprise Ltd.) to collect monthly and quarterly information from the partner NGOs.
    5. Provide practical training on monitoring and support systems to the National UN Volunteers (NUNVs) working within the project.
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    1. Participating NGOs/CBOs exposed to international best practices in micro-finance.
    2. Capacity of the NGOs in SMME sectors enhanced and self-reliance in the long run realized.
    3. South-South co-operation between Asia and Africa strengthened.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    This project is in line with the RICAD II action plan under the heading of "Developing the Private Sector".

III. Contact point:

  • UNV Headquarters:
Ms. Almaz Gebru
Programme Specialist
Africa Section
Operations Group
Postfach 26011
D-53153 Bonn
Germany 		Tel: +49-228-8152206
Fax: +49-228-8152001
Email: almaz.gebru@unv.org
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