Ongoing project

Income-Generating Activities Support Project (PA-AGR)

Guinea

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Date

Phase I: June 2017 – March 2021

Phase II: April 2023 – October 2025

Financial contribution

USD $4,958,663

HSCEC-Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée-CBG + USD $455,585 in-kind contribution from CECI-AGCEDE

Impact for

6,222 people

4,272 women (including 1,842 young women)

1,950 men (including 666 young men)

Partners

Consortium partner: WUSC (Phase I)

Implementing partners: Prefectural Development Councils (CPD) and Communal Councils (CC)

The PA-AGR project aims to sustainably improve the socio-economic conditions of members from 48 Economic Interest Groups (GIEs), with 23 now being consolidated to ensure the long-term sustainability and professionalism of their income-generating activities in areas impacted by the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG). These groups, mainly composed of women and young people, focus on small ruminant farming, vegetable growing, beekeeping, soap production, breadmaking, fish smoking, and nursery production.

Objectives

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Consolidate and deepen associative life

This will enable GIE members to master their roles and responsibilities by strengthening their capacities in holding and facilitating general assemblies and board meetings, administrative, financial, and logistical management, conducting meetings and using management tools, and organizing and managing activities.

Facilitate access to financing

The project enables the creation of an alternative financing mechanism for GIE activities, including support in preparing applications to join credit unions, apply for loans from microfinance institutions, or access local economic development funds.

Provide infrastructure and equipment that meet the priority needs of GIE members

Based on needs assessments and depending on performance, strengths, and market demand, GIEs will receive infrastructure and equipment for production, marketing and/or packaging, according to an investment plan to be developed and documented in the project's action plan.

Support production

Improve the production planning capacities of GIE members by developing and managing a production calendar, upgrading production practices with demonstration plots, and strengthening the skills of relay farmer-leader-s.

Support marketing

This activity will facilitate the marketing of GIE products by working on product quality and added value (preservation and processing), searching for markets, and encouraging collective purchasing and sales practices.

Strengthen capacities

Based on the specific needs expressed by each GIE, individualized training plans will be developed and implemented on various technical topics (entrepreneurship, gender equality, green economy and environmental protection, nutrition, financial literacy, etc.).